Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood

Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represents both the end of one experience, and the beginning of another.

About the author

Rosalina Pisco Costa is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Évora (Portugal) and integrated researcher with CICS.NOVA.UÉvora - The Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences. She has a PhD in Sociology, and a master's degree specialization in Family and Population studies. She works mainly in the Sociology of the Family, Childhood, Everyday Life and Consumption Studies, while crosswise exploring different Social Research Methodologies. Dr. Sampson Lee Blair is a family sociologist at The State University of New York (Buffalo). His research focuses upon parent-child relationships, with particular emphasis on child and adolescent development. As a Fulbright Scholar Award recipient (2010), he studied parental involvement and children's educational attainment in the Philippines. Most recently, he was elected as Vice-President (North America) of the Research Committee on Youth in the International Sociological Association.

Summary

Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represents both the end of one experience, and the beginning of another.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sampson Blair (Editor), Sampson (The State University of New York Blair (Editor), Sampson L. Blair (Editor), Sampson Lee Blair (Editor), Sampson Lee (The State University of New York Blair (Editor), Rosalina Pisco Costa (Editor), Rosalina Pisco Costa (Editor), Rosalina (Universidade de Evora Pisco Costa (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781838670672
• ISBN: 978-1-83867-067-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 504 g
• Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories