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  • Knowledge Discovery in the Social Sciences

    A Data Mining Approach

    de Prof. Xiaoling Shu ...
    Knowledge Discovery in the Social Sciences helps readers find valid, meaningful, and useful information. It is written for researchers and data analysts as well as students who have no prior experience in statistics or computer science. Suitable for a variety of classes—including upper-division courses for undergraduates, introductory courses for graduate students, and courses in data management ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Chinese Marriages in Transition

    From Patriarchy to New Familism

    de Xiaoling Shu, Jingjing Chen ...
    Series series Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
    Outdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to private, collective to individual. Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the complex, nuanced, and multidirectional nature of these cultural transformations. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as ... Leer más

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  • Habits of Inequality

    de Lorne Tepperman, Nina Gheihman ...
    British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Raising Global Families

    Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US

    de Pei-Chia Lan ...
    Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic culture as a static value set, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for the challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world, full of globalizing values. In Raising Global Families, Pei-Chia Lan examines how ethnic Chinese parents in Taiwan and the United States ... Leer más

    $21.39 USD

  • Korean Immigrants in Canada

    Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family

    de Samuel Noh, Ann Kim, Marianne Noh ...
    Series series Asian Canadian Studies
    Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives.The ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Populist Authoritarianism

    Chinese Political Culture and Regime Sustainability

    de Wenfang Tang ...
    Populist Authoritarianism focuses on the Chinese Communist Party, which governs the world's largest population in a single-party authoritarian state. Wenfang Tang attempts to explain the seemingly contradictory trends of the increasing number of protests on the one hand, and the results of public opinion surveys that consistently show strong government support on the other hand. The book points to ... Leer más

    $38.69 USD

  • Families in Today's World

    A Comparative Approach

    de David Cheal ...
    An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major topics in the sociology of family life.Written in an easy access style it opens with a chapter on defining family and family structures. It then moves on to discuss over a dozen major topics; from interaction and meaning ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities

    Institutional Challenges at the Intersection of Internationalization, Racialization and Inclusion

    Edición de Ann Kim, Elizabeth Buckner, Jean Michel Montsion ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Global Student Mobility
    This book explores how the recruitment and retention of Asian international students in Canadian universities intersects with other institutional priorities. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by Canadian universities to support Asian international students in their academic and social integration to university life, it ... Leer más

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  • Wives, Husbands, and Lovers

    Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China

    Edición de Deborah S. Davis, Sara L. Friedman ...
    What is the state of intimate romantic relationships and marriage in urban China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan? Since the 1980's, the character of intimate life in these urban settings has changed dramatically. While many speculate about the 21st century as Asia's century, this book turns to the more intimate territory of sexuality and marriage—and observes the unprecedented changes in the law and ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

    Edición de Judith Treas, Jacqueline Scott, Martin Richards ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
    Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change.Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality, parenting practices, children’s work, changing patterns of citizenship, multi-cultural families, and changes in ... Leer más

    $46.00 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia

    Edición de Stella R. Quah ...
    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 ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Welfare Reform and Social Investment Policy in Europe and East Asia

    International Lessons and Policy Implications

    de Jooha Lee, Hyejin Choi, Jaehyoung Park, Mi Young An, Jieun Lee, Ijin Hong, Niccolo Durazzi, Young Jun Choi, Kim Yun-Young, Sonia Exley0, Sung-Hee Lee1, Sam Mohun-Himmelweit2 ...
    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    Social investment policies have enjoyed prominence during recent welfare reforms across the OECD world, and yet there is insufficient long-term strategy for their success.Reviewing labour market, family and education policies, this edited collection analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Adopting a life course perspective and examining both public and ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD