Fatherhood
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Fatherhood

Contemporary Theory, Research, and Social Policy

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fatherhood

Contemporary Theory, Research, and Social Policy

About this book

Shifting marriage and divorce patterns, transformation in the workplace, the growth of the women?s movement and the development of the men?s movement, all these social and cultural changes have changed fathers? traditional family roles and forced a reexamination of how fathers and children interact. Progress in this new understanding of fathers is highlighted in Fatherhood, a volume of empirical and theoretical research on fathers in families. The research pieces, written by such well-known scholars as Furstenberg, Seltzer, and Greif, examine differences in culture, class, nationality, and custodial status. The chapters focus on legal, economic, and policy questions, as well as on the interaction between fathers and children within the family. Some of the topics explored are fathers? involvement in child care, fathering in the inner city, and single fathers who have custody of their children. Fatherhood is the most current assessment of our research base on fatherhood available for professional, scholarly, and classroom use and is important reading for those interested in men?s studies, family studies, gender studies, sociology, psychology, and social work.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Part I - Overview of Fatherhood Scholarship, Theory, and Social Policy
  6. Chapter 1 - Fatherhood Scholarship: An Overview and Agenda for the Future
  7. Chapter 2 - Reshaping Fatherhood: Finding the Models
  8. Chapter 3 - Rethinking Fathers' Involvement in Child Care: A Developmental Perspective
  9. Chapter 4 - Developing a Middle-Range Theory of Father Involvement Postdivorce
  10. Chapter 5 - Fathers' Diverse Life Course Patterns and Roles: Theory and Social Interventions
  11. Part II - Fatherhood Research and Prospects for the Future
  12. Chapter 6 - Paternal Involvement and Perception toward Fathers' Roles: A Comparison between Japan and the United States
  13. Chapter 7 - Fathering in the Inner City: Paternal Participation and Public Policy
  14. Chapter 8 - Fathering Behavior and Child Outcomes: The Role of Race and Poverty
  15. Chapter 9 - What Fathers Say about Involvement with Children after Separation
  16. Chapter 10 - Single Fathers with Custody: Do They Change Over Time?
  17. Chapter 11 - Stepfathers with Minor Children Living at Home: Parenting Perceptions and Relationship Quality
  18. Chapter 12 - The Fathers' Rights Movement: Contradictions in Rhetoric and Practice
  19. Chapter 13 - The Future of Fatherhood: Social, Demographic, and Economic Influences on Men's Family Involvements
  20. References
  21. Author Index
  22. Subject Index
  23. About the Authors