ABSTRACT
Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication.
The thirty-two chapters of this comparative and multi-disciplinary volume are organized into nine major themes: conceptual approaches, methodological issues, family life in the context of culture, family relationships across the family life cycle, issues of work and income, stress and conflict, family diversity, family policy and laws, and environmental setting of homes. Each chapter examines family life across Asian countries, studying cultural similarities and differences and exploring how families are changing and what trends are likely to develop in the future. To provide a fruitful learning experience for the reader, each chapter offers examples, relevant data, and a comprehensive list of references.
Offering a complete interdisciplinary overview of families in Asia, the Handbook will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers and practitioners across the disciplines of Asian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Social Work, Law, Social Policy, Anthropology, Geography, Public Health and Architecture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|22 pages
Introduction
part 2|33 pages
Conceptualizing ‘family’ in the Asian context
part 3|33 pages
Methodological issues in family research
part 4|120 pages
Family life in the context of culture
part 5|48 pages
Family relationships across the life cycle
part 6|41 pages
Family, work and income
part 7|74 pages
Uncertainty, stress and conflict in the family
chapter 21|14 pages
Spousal violence and in-law conflict in Asia
part 8|34 pages
Family diversity
part 9|49 pages
Family policies and the law
part 10|51 pages
Space and environmental settings of family life