This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family
life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those
studying and working with families.
* Covers changes in couple relationships and the challenges these
pose; parenting practices and their implications for child
development; key contemporary global issues, such as migration,
poverty, and the internet, and their impact on the family; and the
role of the state in supporting family relationships
* Includes a stellar cast of international contributors such as
Paul Amato and John Coleman, and contributions from leading experts
based in North Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
* Discusses topics such as cohabitation, divorce, single-parent
households, same-sex partnerships, fertility, and domestic
violence
* Links research and practice and provides policy recommendations
at the end of each chapter
Tabla de materias
List of Figures xiv
List of Tables xv
Preface xvi
The Contributors xvi
About the Book xvii
Acknowledgements xviii
Contributors’ Biographies xx
Part I Changing Couple and Family Relationships 1
1 Global Changes in Marriage, Parenting and Family Life: An
Overview 5
Angela Abela and Janet Walker
2 Cohabitation or Marriage? Contemporary Living Arrangements in
the West 16
Turid Noack, Eva Bernhardt and Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik
3 ‘Alone Together’ Marriages and ‘Living Apart Together’
Relationships 31
Paul R. Amato and Lydia N. Hayes
4 Marriage and Divorce in the Western World 46
Jan Pryor
5 Divorce in the Arab Gulf Countries: A Major Challenge to
Family and Society 59
Layachi Anser
6 Couple and Family Dynamics and Escalations in Violence
74
Justine van Lawick
7 Loving Diversity: Living in Intercultural Couple Relationships
87
Danika N. Hiew, W. Kim Halford and Shuang Liu
8 Growing Older in a Changing World: Opportunities and
Challenges for Family Life and Social Support 100
John Bond
Part II Parenthood, Parenting and Family Life 115
9 The Transition to Parenthood: Choices and Responsibilities
119
Janet Walker
10 Why Fewer Babies? Understanding and Responding to Low
Fertility in Europe 136
Maria Letizia Tanturri
11 Mothers, Fathers, Families and Child Development 151
Gabriela Misca and Jo Smith
12 Raising Children in Single-Parent Families 166
Jan M. Nicholson, Fabrizio D’Esposito, Nina Lucas and
Elizabeth M. Westrupp
13 Sexual Orientation, Marriage and Parenthood: A Global
Perspective 189
Charlotte J. Patterson, Rachel G. Riskind and Samantha L.
Tornello
14 Parenting Teenagers 203
John Coleman
15 Working Families: Who Cares? 215
Simon B. Burnett, Jonathan Swan and Cary Cooper
16 Children and Divorce in World Perspective 227
Paul R. Amato and Lisa M. Boyd
Part III Global Impacts on Family Life 245
17 Globalisation and Family Life 249
Melinda Mills
18 The Internet and Its Implications for Children, Parents and
Family Relationships 262
Monica T. Whitty
19 Immigrant Families Coming to the West 275
Ubaldo Martínez Veiga
20 The ‘Quiet Migration’: Challenges for Families with Children
Adopted Internationally 288
Gabriela Misca
21 Families Living on the Margin in Affluent Societies 302
Angela Abela and Marie-Cécile Renoux
22 Mate Selection and Marriage Stability in the Maghreb
317
Sabah Ayachi
23 Demographic Change and Its Impact on Relationships in Japan
and East Asia 328
James M. Raymo
24 I Say a Little Prayer for You: Do Prayers Matter in Marriage
and Family Life? 341
Frank D. Fincham
Part IV Looking to the Future: The Role of States in
Supporting Families 355
25 Why Should States Have an Interest in Making Families
Stronger? 357
Ruth Farrugia
26 Making a Global Case for Family Policy: How Families Support
Society and How Policies Support Families 369
Karen Bogenschneider
27 Partnership, Parenting and Protecting Children’s Best
Interests: Implications for Policy and Practice 382
Janet Walker and Angela Abela
Index 393
Sobre el autor
Angela Abela is Associate Professor and Head of the
Department of Family Studies at the University of Malta, as well as
a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and supervisor. She is a
consultant for the Maltese government and the Standing Committee
for Family Affairs in the Maltese Parliament, and is frequently
engaged as an expert for the Council of Europe. She has published
on a wide range of areas, including children in out-of-home care,
the relationship between adolescents and their parents, families
living in poverty, marital conflict, and supervision practice.
She is an associate editor of Clinical Child Psychology and
Psychiatry and an international advisory editor of
Contemporary Family Therapy.
Janet Walker is an Officer of the Order of the British
Empire and Emeritus Professor of Family Policy in the Institute of
Health and Society, Newcastle University.She has led over 50
research studies in the fields of marriage and divorce, parenting,
policing, youth justice, and family law processes. She has
published in a wide variety of academic journals, presented papers
at over 200 conferences around the world, and advised governments
on family mediation in England, China, Chile, Canada, and the
Council of Europe. Currently, she is a board member of the Canadian
Institute for Law and the Family and a trustee of Relate. She has
held several public appointments, most recently as Deputy Chair of
the UK Social Security Advisory Committee.
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