Family Matters, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Family Sociology in Canada
Front cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures -- Preface -- Part I: Understanding Continuity, Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change in Families -- Chapter 1: Family Matters: An Introduction to the Sociology of Canadian Families -- Chapter 2: Family Theory and Methods: Windows on Families and Family Research -- Chapter 3: Canadian Families in Historical, Cross-Cultural, and Global Context -- Chapter 4: First Families: Indigenous Peoples and Family Life in Pre- and Post-Confederate Canada -- Chapter 5: Immigration and the Changing Ethnic Mosaic of Canadian Families -- Chapter 6: More than a Labour of Love: Gender, Unpaid Work, and the Cult of Domesticity -- Part II: The Ties that Bind: Family Formation and Generational Connections -- Chapter 7: Close Relations in Youth and Young Adulthood: Establishing Partnerships and Forming Families -- Chapter 8: Families and Children in the Early Years: Childhood, Socialization, and Shifting Ideologies of Parenthood -- Chapter 9: All Our Families: Diversity, Challenge, and Continuity in Non-conforming Coupled Relationships -- Chapter 10: Family Dissolution and the Brady Bunch: Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage -- Chapter 11: Families in the Middle and the Launching of Children: Home-Leaving, Boomerang Kids, and the Empty Nest -- Chapter 12: Aging Families and the Sunset Years: Caregiving and Support across Generations -- Part III: Families on the Fault Line and Social Policy Issues -- Chapter 13: Families, Health, and Well-Being: Choices and Constraints over the Life Course -- Chapter 14: Trying to Make Ends Meet: Family Poverty, Living on the Margins, and Financial Struggle -- Chapter 15: Families in Crisis: Family Violence, Abuse, and Stress.
