The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Global Perspectives on Families -- 1 Family Systems of the World: Are They Converging? -- Times of Change and Family Patterns -- The World's Seven Major Family Systems and Their Twentieth-Century Mutations -- Current Tendencies: Are the Family Systems Converging? -- Conclusion: Persistent Diversity, Persistent Importance -- References -- 2 Changing European Families -- Introduction -- Becoming a Family -- Transition to Parenthood -- Family Dissolution -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3 American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class -- American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Family Change in East Asia -- Modernization and Mystiques about East Asian Families -- Women's Status and Gender Equality in East Asia -- Marriage Formation and Dissolution -- Migrant Families -- Fertility Decline -- Living Arrangements and Aging Society -- Challenges and Opportunities -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 5 Changes and Inequalities in Latin American Families -- Introduction -- Modernity and Modernization in Latin America -- The Main Changes in Latin American Families -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part II Diversity, Inequality, and Immigration -- 6 Same-Sex Families -- Queer Youth -- Gay Parents -- Gay Elders -- Discussion -- References -- 7 Family Poverty -- Defining Poverty -- The State of World Poverty and Consequences for "the Poor" -- Which Families are Poor and Why? -- Living in Family Poverty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Transnational Families -- Transnational Families: Introduction and the Mobility Turn -- Case studies: Transnational Families and the Global Circulation of Care.

Transnational Families: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues -- Transnational Families: Research and Methodology across Borders -- Transnational Families: Doing Family across Time and Distance -- Transnational Families: Policy Implications -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- References -- 9 Ethnic Diversity in the United Kingdom: Family Forms and Conjugality -- Introduction -- Toward Modern Individualism for All? -- Caribbean Kinship: Transnational Links and Support -- Diversity of the British South Asian Population -- Pakistani Muslim Marriages: Transnationality, Instability, and Consanguinity -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Immigrant Families and the Shifting Color Line in the United States -- A Nation of Immigrant Families, Still -- Is the Color Line Shifting? -- Biracial and Multiracial Children -- Segmented Assimilation and the Bifurcation of Racial Groups -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Family Forms and Family Influences -- 11 Cohabitation: Recent Research and Implications -- Introduction -- Basic Cohabitation Trends and Patterns in the United States -- Cohabitation around the Globe -- Major Research Questions about Cohabitation -- Concluding Thoughts: Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 Partnerships, Family, and Personal Configurations -- Family Configurations and Interdependences -- Conjugal Dyads -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Health and Families -- Introduction -- Core Concepts and Measures in the Study of Families and Health -- Families and Child Health: Core Concepts and Measures -- Families and Child Health: Empirical Research -- Marital Status, Transitions, and Processes: Implications for Adult Health -- Implications of Parenthood for Adult Health -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- References -- 14 Religion and Families -- Introduction -- The American Religious Landscape: A Brief Overview.

Religious Influences and Family Life -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Family Processes -- 15 Divorce: Trends, Patterns, Causes, and Consequences -- Introduction -- Trends and Cross-National Differences in Divorce -- Who Divorces? The Predictors of Divorce -- Consequences of Divorce -- Discussion -- References -- 16 Partner Violence in World Perspective -- Defining and Measuring Partner Violence -- Prevalence -- Contextual and Causal Mechanisms -- Correlates of and Potential Impact of Partner Violence -- Services for Victims -- Policy, Primary Prevention, and Offender Treatment -- Future and Concluding Remarks -- References -- 17 Money Management, Gender, and Households -- Managing Money at the Couple Level -- Institutional Approaches to Managing Money -- Conclusions -- References -- 18 Family Transmission of Social and Cultural Capital -- Theoretical Framework: Investment in Children and Adolescents -- Forms of Family Capital Diluted, Diffused, or Intertwined -- Parental Investment in International Context -- Social Capital and Academic Outcomes -- Cultural Capital and Academic Outcomes -- Social Capital and Social Adjustment -- Transmission of Social and Cultural Capital across the Life Course -- Unanswered Questions and Future Directions for Research -- References -- Part V Life Course Perspectives -- 19 Adult Intergenerational Relationships -- Introduction -- The Solidarity Perspective -- Conflict, Tension, and Ambivalence -- Exchange and/or Altruism -- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage -- Consequences for Individual Well-Being -- Country Differences and Institutional Effects -- Conclusion -- References -- 20 Children's Families: A Child-Centered Perspective -- Introduction -- Children as Social Actors -- The Social Structure of Childhood -- Children's Families: A Life Course Perspective.

Children and Families: Looking Back and Looking Forward -- References -- 21 Fathers and Fatherhood -- Expectations for New Fatherhood -- Shifts in Coparenting and Partnering -- Nurturance of Children over Time -- Challenges and Inequality in New Fatherhood -- Conclusion -- References -- 22 Aging Families and the Gendered Life Course -- Introduction -- Changing Family Composition -- Older Families in Transaction with Institutions -- Relationships and Caregiving -- Conclusions: Implications for Theory and Future Research -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part VI Families in Context -- 23 Public Policy and Families -- Introduction -- Diverging Models of Earning and Caring -- Female Employment and Birthrates: Converging Goals, Diverging Outcomes? -- Conclusion -- References -- 24 Family Policy and Wives' Economic Independence -- Theoretical Considerations -- Data and Measurement -- Analytical Strategy -- Findings -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2: Method of analysis -- Notes -- References -- 25 Assisted Reproduction, Genetic and Genomic Technologies, and Family Life -- Introduction -- Relationship Testing -- Assisted Reproduction Techniques -- Testing for Genetic Disease -- Biomedical Technology: Deployment and Cultural Assumptions -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 26 Sex, Family, and Social Change -- Sex Early in the Life Course -- From Procreation to Pleasure -- Same-Sex Relationships Going Mainstream -- Conclusion -- References -- 27 The Global Chaos of Love: Toward a Cosmopolitan Turn in the Sociology of Love and Families -- Cosmopolitan Families: Characteristics and Constellations -- Cosmopolitan Theory -- The Rise of a Transnational Shadow Economy -- Loss and Gain: Cosmopolitan Comparisons -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.