Understanding Families
A Global Introduction
- Linda McKie - Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, Durham University, UK
- Samantha Callan - Edinburgh University, UK
Families are at the core of our society. Our experience of them affects many aspects of our everyday lives shaping our expectations and future plans.
Written by field experts this clear, engaging book adopts a global perspective to usefully examine how modern families can be explored and understood. Packed with critical pedagogy, including case-studies, think points, key words and a glossary, it guides students through topics such as relationships, sexualities and paid and unpaid work.
The book also:
- Applies key social theories from classical sociological theory and contemporary analysis
- Examines best practice for researching families and family life
- Explores the role of government policies and practices
This comprehensive introduction to the study of families and relationships is a timely resource for students and lecturers working across the social sciences.
Ch 7 Families into the Future is useful supplementary reading to help students anticipate the effects of changes in families.
This has some great chapters in especially around introducing global perspectives on families. The Glossary at the back is really helpful.
This text will prove useful to students from a range of disciplines on the BA Health & Community programme
Easy to read text, which debates current thinking surrounding modern families. Case studies and questions for the reader throughout the text help traslate theory into practice.
This is an excellent book that provides up-to-date information and analysis of families in a global context. It explores topics that are very relevant to a wide range of students interested in working with children and families within theoretical frameworks.
In a swiftly changing world where disadvantaged families are increasingly finding services difficult to access, this book provides a very accessible text that facilitates increased understanding of the issues families face and the contexts in which we are working.
Good background reading for the module I am teaching in Children and Families
A useful introduction to the area of Family Studies. Am recommending as supplemental as the module itself is a policy module and this is more sociologically orientated, but it does help to provide context to the policies we are examining.
This book is very useful and provides a good introduction to the focus of working with families and communities. I was pleased that it took an international perspective as this will also be useful for student who are studying comparative education in their final year.
The library has bought copies of the text and it is referenced throughout the course
A book that is particularly relevant for those practitioners both in health and social care who work with families in a supportive and caring capacity
