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1. Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World

   Edited by Barbara Wejnert, Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Nirupama Prakash

   This book provides cutting edge information on safe motherhood in a global context. The chapters focus on research, program development and implementation, and policy dealing with various aspects of pregnancy, labor and delivery. Safe motherhood is a critical issue since healthy, safe motherhood is...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Japanese Family and Society

   Words from Tongo Takebe, A Meiji Era Sociologist

   Edited by Teruhito Sako, Suzanne K Steinmetz

   An accurate, thought provoking translation of original work from sociologist pioneer Tongo TakebeToday's sociology education emphasizes multiculturalism, yet most of the views originate from Judeo-Christian perspectives that can limit insight and understanding. Japanese Family and Society: Words...

   Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World

   Edited by Barbara Wejnert, Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Nirupama Prakash

   This book provides cutting edge information on safe motherhood in a global context. The chapters focus on research, program development and implementation, and policy dealing with various aspects of pregnancy, labor and delivery. Safe motherhood is a critical issue since healthy, safe motherhood is...

   Published March 23rd 2009 by Routledge
4. Parent-Youth Relations

   Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

   By Stephan Wilson, Gary W Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz

   Explore the most fundamental human relationship—between parent and childWestern social science has long neglected to acknowledge that family relationships must always be examined from a culturally sensitive perspective. Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives fills...

   Published August 4th 2005 by Routledge
5. Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families

   Policy and Practice Implications

   By Richard K Caputo, Gary W Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz

   Examine the changing structure of the family as America’s population ages!As the United States’ economy evolves and manufacturing jobs disappear, the prospect of each generation experiencing a standard of living that exceeds that of their parents’ generation also disappears....

   Published July 19th 2005 by Routledge
6. Emotions and the Family

   By Richard Fabes, Gary W Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz

   “The family is the place where minds come in contact with one another”—Buddha Emotions and the Family reflects the dramatic change in how professionals and practitioners working with today's families view the role of emotions in general family and marital processes. Professionals,...

   Published July 2nd 2003 by Routledge
7. Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families

   The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars

   By Gary W Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz

   Meet the men and women whose groundbreaking work elevated the field of family studies! In Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars, you'll find 40 autobiographies written by leading scholars in sociology, family studies, psychology, and child development....

   Published February 9th 2003 by Routledge
8. Fatherhood

   Research, Interventions, and Policies

   By H. Elizabeth Peters, Randal D Day, Gary W Peterson, Suzanne Steinmetz

   How much power does a father have to influence his children's development? A lively and often heated public debate on the role and value of the father in a family has been underway in the United States for the past decade. Nevertheless, we are far from understanding the complex ways in which...

   Published August 28th 2000 by Routledge
9. Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century

   By Barbara H Settles, Suzanne Steinmetz

   Explore the breakdown of the universal family form into new living arrangements and the political and social implications of how they influence the definition of family today! Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century views families from a US perspective and from many different...

   Published August 23rd 1999 by Routledge