Race, Class, Parenting and Children's Leisure

Utsa Mukherjee

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Children's leisure lives are changing, with increasing dominance of organised activities and screen-based leisure. These shifts have reconfigured pare... Lees meer

A Child's Day

Killian Mullan

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• We routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it. This rigorous revi... Lees meer

Nanny Families

Sara Eldén, Terese Anving

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence Paying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the ... Lees meer

Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times

Aisling Gallagher

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What wor... Lees meer

Social Research Matters

Julia Brannen

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Drawing from forty years of experience, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research in family studies is conducted and 'matters' at par... Lees meer

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting

Patricia Hamilton

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises 'natural' activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing ... Lees meer

Sharing Care

Rachel Brooks, Paul Hodkinson

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for... Lees meer

A Child's Day

Killian Mullan

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time. With analysis of changes in the ... Lees meer

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting

Patricia Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises 'natural' activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing ... Lees meer

Designing Parental Leave Policy

Berit Brandth, Elin Kvande

• Paperback | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men toward... Lees meer

Critical Perspectives on Research with Children

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as... Lees meer

Sharing Care

Rachel Brooks, Paul Hodkinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for... Lees meer

Designing Parental Leave Policy

Berit Brandth, Elin Kvande

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men toward... Lees meer

Thinking Through Family

Janet Boddy

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Understanding what 'family' means - and how best to support families - depends on challenging politicized assumptions that frame 'ordinary' families i... Lees meer

Turning Global Rights Into Local Realities

Afua Twum-Danso Imoh

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Focusing on Ghana, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from European colonial rule and the first in the world to ratify the U... Lees meer

Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times

Aisling Gallagher

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What wor... Lees meer

Nanny Families

Sara Eldén, Terese Anving

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence Paying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the ... Lees meer

Social Research Matters

Julia Brannen

• Hardcover | Engels | Sociology of Children and Families
• Drawing from forty years of experience, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research in family studies is conducted and 'matters' at par... Lees meer