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pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Conceptualizing 'family' in the Asian context -- pt. 3. Methodological issues in family research -- pt. 4. Family life in the context of culture -- pt. 5. Family relationships across the life cycle -- pt. 6. Family, work and income -- pt. 7. Uncertainty, stress and conflict in the family -- pt. 8. Family diversity -- pt. 9. Family policies and the law -- pt. 10. Space and environmental settings of family life

This fully updated second edition provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most relevant and significant aspects of family, from the process of dating to the impact of economic development on homes and family life as they are experienced across Asia

This fully updated second edition provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most relevant and significant aspects of family, from the process of dating to the impact of economic development on homes and family life as they are experienced across Asia.

This book analyses the process of modernization of health and healing practices, and documents in detail the current trend among people who use both traditional and modern medicine. It has two unique and important features. One is the focus - five nations in Asia (China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand) which are at different stages of social and economic development, are studied and compared, providing a current and detailed picture of the combination of traditional and modern ways of healing. The second unique feature is that each chapter is written by scholars who not only have the advantage of firsthand knowledge of the situation in their respective countries but also bring into their analyses their extensive research experience in the areas of medical sociology and medical history. Moreover, as a book written in English, it offers valuable up-to-date information on the Chinese, Japanese and Thai health care systems, which is usually not accessible to readers unfamiliar with these languages

This study focuses on married couples' decision concerning the timing of their first child and attempts to identify the relevant factors involved in such a decision. The first section gives background on the situation in Singapore while the second reviews findings of other studies concerning parenthood decisions, their causes, and consequences. The third section discusses the aspects of modernity and traditionalism that are found to be related to the choice of delayed motherhood. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and their implications

This is an exploratory proof of concept analysis of individuals and families experiencing the public health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic in 16 countries around the globe. The objective is to explore how individuals and families are coping with their regular and new roles during the COVID-19 pandemic in general and, in particular, under the "Stay-at-Home Directive" (SAHD). SAHD is one of the crucial public health directives to contain the pandemic. The study examines the concepts role strain, role compartmentalization and two of the three types of health-related behaviour (preventive health behaviour and sick-role behaviour). The secondary data examined through qualitative content analysis are 75 personal interviews with individuals published in the news media. The interviews were identified using a systematic search of published news media articles around the world in FACTIVA during the period 1 January to 30 March 2020, the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings confirm the positive influence of role compartmentalization in decreasing role strain in the context of a public health crisis as families re-arrange their lives under SAHD. This influence appears stronger among healthy families (not yet infected by the virus) and among individuals who are parents.

Der Beitrag arbeitet heraus, welche Fortschritte seit den Arbeiten Webers im Verständnis von Ethnizität gemacht worden sind. Es werden zunächst vier Haupthindernisse identifiziert, die begrifflichen Fortschritten im Verständnis von Ethnizität im Wege stehen. Bei diesen Hindernissen handelt es sich um: (1) die Vagheit des Konstrukts; (2) die Annahme vom "Schmelztiegel"; (3) eine Vorliebe für Diskurse über Kultur, die Ethnizität als einen politisch nicht korrekten Bereich soziologischer Forschung lieber ignoriert; und (4) die Tendenz, Ethnizität als eine gegebene Erklärungsvariable einzusetzen, die keine gründliche Untersuchung verlangt. Die Analyse wird dann von drei zentralen Untersuchungsfragen bestimmt: (1) Wie entwickelt der soziale Akteur ein Gemeinsamkeitsbewusstsein beziehungsweise eine ethnische Identität? (2) Wie wirkt sich das Bewusstsein der Gemeinsamkeit auf das soziale Handeln des Individuums aus? (3) Auf welche Weise verstärkt sich die ethnische Identität eines sozial Handelnden im Zeitverlauf beziehungsweise schwächt sich ab? Die Ausführungen zeigen, dass in der soziologischen Befassung mit Ethnizität nach Max Webers Beitrag keine bedeutsamen kognitiven Neuerungen mehr zu erkennen sind. Weber hat die Prozesse sozialer Differenzierung klar und deutlich erklärt. Daher ist es für den Autor insgesamt nützlich, zu Webers Kernbegriffen zurückzukehren. (ICA2)