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Global Families: Volume II in the "Families in the 21st Century" Series
Meg W. Karraker, University of St. Thomas
Susan J. Ferguson, Grinnell College

ISBN-10: 0205503233
ISBN-13: 9780205503230

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 240 pp
Published: 11/27/2007

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    Global Families examines the various challenges and opportunities presented to families by the globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems.  The globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems are creating challenges and opportunities for families throughout the world.  Yet, those who study families are often unfamiliar with the theories and research on globalization.  Global Families provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of globalization, and then examines the ways in which globalization impinges on families throughout the world in four major areas: demographic transitions, transnational employment, international violence, and world-wide culture.  The book concludes with a discussion of supra-national policies and other efforts to position families in this global landscape.

 

  • Presents the most current research on families and globalization from across a range of disciplines.
  • Also includes the "lived experiences" of individuals-- direct quotes from research, media, and other sources where familes share their own accounts.
  • Examines the effects of globalization on families in four major areas:

1. demographic transitions

2. transnational employment

3. international violence

4. world-wide culture

  • Uses a variety of theoreticals frameworks and perspectives, including postmodernist and feminist.
  • Each chapter includes an essay by a leading scholar, activitist, or policy expert.
  • Provocative questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to think critically about globalization and families.
  • Part of "Families in the 21st Century", an Allyn & Bacon series of short texts and research monographs that focus on critical issues facing families today.

Chapter 1: Introduction:  Global Families

Family, Change, and Global Context          

From Comparative to Global Perspectives on Families      

Globalization as an Analytical Framework      

Globalization Defined     

The “Globalization Debate”      

Globalization Theory      

Risk in a Global Postmodern World     

Globalization through a Feminist Lens     

Global Families:  Plan of the Book     

Summary      

Essay:  Globalization and Family Down Under By Janet R. Grochowski, Ph.D.

Chapter 2: Global Change and Demographic Shifts:  Family Characteristics and Societal Transformation

Demographic Transition and Family Dynamics   
Morbidity and Mortality    

Declining Fertility    

Population Control as an International Policy Concern    

Fertility in a Postmodern World    

Sweeping Migration    

Gender and Migration    

Marriage Migrants    

Transnational Adoption    

Immigration and Assimilation    

Summary    

Essay:  Immigrant Women, New Neighbors, Global Families By Margaret L. Kvasnicka, CSJ


Chapter 3: Transnational Employment:  Work–Family Linkages Across Borders

Transnational Employment    

Domestic Employment in Global Context    

Implications of Transnational Employment for Family Dynamics    

Care Work    

Global Care Chains    

Transnational Parenting    

Summary    

Essay:  A Migrant Mother’s Story: Paula Rodriguez By Joanna Dreby 

Chapter 4: International Violence: Family Legacies of Oppression and War International Systems of Oppression    

Colonialism and Families   

Sex Trafficking    

War and Social Disorder    

Sexual Domination Exploitation    

The Marriage Squeeze                

Heterogamous Marriages              

Marital Instability         

Family Resiliency in the Face of International Violence                  

Refugee Families            

Summary

Essay:  Sex Trafficking:  A “Family Business” By Jennifer Blank, M.A.  

Chapter 5: Families and Worldwide Culture Systems: Globalized Media and Consumption    

Global Media in an Era of Information Revolution    

Global Consumption and Families    

Cultural Globalization and Families    

Globalization and Gender    

Globalization and Family Values    

Children as Intercultural Mediators    

Summary     

Essay: By Awa Abdi, Ph.D.

Chapter 6: Conclusion: Positioning Families in Global Landscapes

Beyond the Second Decade of the Year of the Family     

Global Socio-economic Disparities and Family Well-Being    

Human Rights and Family Rights    

Conclusions:  A Post-Family Global Society?    

Essay: By Marsha Freeman, Ph.D.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker is professor and chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice and director of Family Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her interests in the impacts of globalization on families are rooted in her own life experience, growing up in a military family and spending the majority of her childhood and adolescence in Germany with travels through Europe and the former Soviet Union.  In addition to research and teaching interests in family sociology, she has long-standing interests in the impacts of social structure on quality of life. A recent recipient of her University’s Aquinas Scholars Honors Program Teacher of the Year Award, Dr. Karraker is President-elect of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society.  With Janet R. Grochowski, she is the co-author of Families with Futures:  A Survey of Family Studies for the Twenty-First Century (Lawrence A. Ehrlbaum, 2006).

 

The "Families in the 21st Century" Series Editor is Susan Ferguson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. Her own research interests include the never-married and women's health issues. She is the author of Shifting the Center: Understanding Contemporary Families, 3/e (McGraw-Hill, 2007).

The globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems are creating challenges and opportunities for families throughout the world.  Yet, those who study families are often unfamiliar with the theories and research on globalization.  Global Families provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of globalization, andthen examines the ways in which globalization impinges on families throughout the world in four major areas: demographic transitions, transnational employment, international violence, and world-wide culture.  The book concludes with a discussion of supra-national policies and other efforts to position families in this global landscape.

 

 

 

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Meg Wilkes Karraker, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Director of Family Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA where she teaches courses in sociology on families, as well as adolescence, global gender, sociological theory, and social problems (in Italy).  Her scholarly interests focus on the impact of social structure on life chances and opportunities, including the quality of life for adolescent girls, single mothers, and, most recently, Irish families.  She is the author (with Janet R. Grochowski) of Families with Futures:  A Survey of Family Studies for the Twenty-First Century (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006).  Karraker is also President-elect of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society.

 

 

 

 

Volume II in the Series, Families in the 21st Century

Susan J. Ferguson, General Editor

 

 

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Back Cover Photograph: © Roger Rich/University of St. Thomas

 

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