American Sociological Association

Social psychology( )

in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Nurturing dads : social initiatives for contemporary fatherhood by William Marsiglio( )

10 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

American fathers are a highly diverse group, but the breadwinning, live-in, biological dad prevails as the fatherhood ideal. Consequently, policymakers continue to emphasize marriage and residency over initiatives that might help foster healthy father-child relationships and creative co-parenting regardless of marital or residential status. In Nurturing Dads, William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy explore the ways new initiatives can address the social, cultural, and economic challenges men face in contemporary families and foster more meaningful engagement between many different kinds of fathers and their children. What makes a good father? The firsthand accounts in Nurturing Dads show that the answer to this question varies widely and in ways that counter the mainstream--provide and reside--model of fatherhood. Marsiglio and Roy document the personal experiences of more than 300 men from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds and diverse settings, including fathers-to-be, young adult fathers, middle-class dads, stepfathers, men with multiple children in separate families, and fathers in correctional facilities. They find that most dads express the desire to have strong, close relationships with their children and to develop the nurturing skills to maintain these bonds. But they also find that disadvantaged fathers, including young dads and those in constrained financial and personal circumstances, confront myriad structural obstacles, such as poverty, inadequate education, and poor job opportunities ... -- Inside Book Flap

Journal of health and human behavior( )

in English and held by 1,240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Contexts : understanding people in their social worlds by American Sociological Association( )

in English and held by 1,198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Social movements in the world-system : the politics of crisis and transformation by Jackie Smith( )

8 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sociology today : problems and prospects by American Sociological Association( Book )

23 editions published between 1959 and 1965 in English and held by 1,117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Approaches to the study of social structure by Peter M Blau( Book )

10 editions published between 1975 and 1976 in English and held by 1,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A Publication of the American Sociological Association." Bibliography: p. 254-283. Includes indexes

Anomie and deviant behavior : a discussion and critique by Marshall B Clinard( Book )

13 editions published between 1964 and 1971 in English and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gender and the life course by Alice S Rossi( Book )

5 editions published between 1985 and 2018 in English and Hungarian and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Major social issues : a multidisciplinary view by J. Milton Yinger( Book )

7 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 786 WorldCat member libraries worldwide