1st Edition
Men in Families When Do They Get involved? What Difference Does It Make?
356 Pages
by
Psychology Press
358 Pages
by
Psychology Press
360 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Recently, the roles of fathers and husbands in families have been recognized as important issues. They appear in legislation aimed at deadbeat dads, social movements including the Million Man March and Promise Keepers, in the development of advocacy groups, and in think tanks. Therefore, contemporary research on men in family relationships has very mixed results. Some studies show that fathers... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Men's Roles in Families: A Look Back, A Look Forward. S. Mintz, From Patriarchy to Androgyny and Other Myths: Placing Men's Family Roles in Historical Perspective. L.M. Burton, A.R. Synder, The Invisible Man Revisited: Comments on the Life Course, History, and Men's Roles in American Families. A.J. Cherlin, On the Flexibility of Fatherhood. M.E. Lamb, Fatherhood Then and Now. Part II: Men's Investment in Parenthood. H.S. Kaplan, J.B. Lancaster, K.G. Anderson, Human Parental Investment and Fertility: The Life Histories of Men in Albuquerque. P. Draper, Who Should Fathers Father? W. Marsiglio, In Search of a Theory: Men's Fertility and Parental Investment in Modern Economics. C.A. Surra, Subjectivity and Practicality in Mating and Parenting Decisions. Part III: Marital Relations: What Do Men Contribute? J.M. Gottman, Toward a Process Model of Men in Marriages and Families. S. Coltrane, Gender, Power, and Emotional Expression: Social and Historical Contexts for a Process Model of Men in Marriages and Families. J. McQuillan, M.M. Ferree, The Importance of Variation Among Men and the Benefits of Feminism for Families. S.L. Nock, Marriages in Men's Lives. Part IV: Fathers: When Do They Make a Difference? P.R. Amato, More Than Money? Men's Contributions to Their Children's Lives. J. Belsky, Paternal Influence and Children's Well-Being: Limits of, and New Directions for, Understanding. F.F. Furstenberg, Jr., Social Capital and the Role of Fathers in the Family. J.A. Seltzer, Men's Contributions to Children and Social Policy. S.L. Brown, M.F. Bumpus, Men in Families: Looking Back, Looking Forward.
Biography
Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter
"The contributors bring a wide range of multidisciplinary perspectives and theoretical frameworks to their explorations of husbands and fathers that, taken together, help to clarify the mixed findings of the current literature on men in family relationships."
—Sociological Abstracts"...this volume makes some important contributions to the literature on men in families. For serious scholars interested in man's issues, this book is a worthwhile addition to their library."
—Contemporary Psychology
