| Description |
xxv, 552 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Families and family change / James Georgas -- 2. Cross-cultural theory and methodology / John W. Berry and Ype H. Poortinga -- 3. Theoretical perspectives on family change / Cigdem Kagitcibasi -- 4. Family portraits from 30 countries : an overview / Ype H. Poortinga and James Georgas -- 5. Hypotheses / John W. Berry, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, James Georgas, Ype H. Poortinga and Fons J. R. Van De Vijver -- 6. Methodology of the study / James Georgas, Fons J. R. Van De Vijver, John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga and Cigdem Kagitcibasi -- 7. Results : cross-cultural analyses of the family / Fons J. R. Van De Vijver, Kostas Mylonas, Vassilis Pavlopoulos and James Georgas -- 8. Synthesis : how similar and how different are families across cultures? / James Georgas, John W. Berry and Cigdem Kagitcibasi -- 9. The Algerian family : change and solidarity / Mustafa M. Achoui -- 10. Botswana / Adebowale Akande, Bolanle Adetoun and Johnsto Osagie -- 11. The Brazilian jeitinho : Brazil's sub-cultures, its diversity of social contexts, and its family structures / Claudio V. Torres and Maria Auxiliadora Dessen -- 12. Britain / Robin Goodwin, Sophia Christakopoulou and Vicky Panaglotidou -- 13. Bulgaria : socialism and open-market economy / Elena Krasteva and Velislava Marinova-Schmidt -- 14. Canada / Kyunghwa Kwak and John W. Berry -- 15. Chile : new bottle, old wine / Francisco Donoso-Maluf -- 16. Cyprus / Neophytos Charalambous -- 17. Portrait of family in France / Gerard Pithon and Olivier Prevot -- 18. Georgia / Nana Sumbadze -- 19. Germany : continuity and change / Heidi Keller -- 20. Ghana / Benjamin Amponsah, Charity Akotia and Akinsola Olowu -- 21. Greece / Kostas Mylonas, Aikaterini Gari, Artemis Giotsa, Vassilis Pavlopoulos and Penny Panagiotopoulou -- 22. Hong Kong, SAR China : transitions and return to the motherland / Peter W. H. Lee, Sunita Mahtani Stewart and Kitty K. C. Chan -- 23. India / Janak Pandey -- 24. Indonesia : traditional family in a changing society / Bernadette N. Setiadi -- 25. The Iranian family in a context of cultural diversity / Shahrenaz Mortazavi -- 26. Japan : tradition and change in the Japanese family / Yukiko Muramoto -- 27. Mexico / Rolando Diaz-Loving -- 28. Mongolia : traditions and family portrait / Tuya Buyantsogt -- 29. The Netherlands : tolerance and traditionalism / Peter Cuyvers -- 30. Nigeria / Yuwanna Jenny Mivanyi -- 31. Pakistan : culture, community, and filial obligations in a Muslim society / Riffat Moazam Zaman, Sunita Mahtani Stewart and Taymiya Riffat Zaman -- 32. The Saudi society : tradition and change / Mustafa M. Achoui -- 33. The South African family / Adebowale Akande, Bolanle Adetoun and Maggie Tserere -- 34. South Korea / Uichol Kim and Young-Shin Park -- 35. Spain : tradition and modernity in family structure and values / Hector Grad -- 36. Turkey / Bilge Ataca -- 37. Ukraine / Irina Zhuravliova -- 38. Family in the United States : social context, structure, and roles / Basilia Softas-Nall and Denis G. Sukhodolsky |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-546) and index |
| Subject |
Families -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Ethnopsychology.
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| Author |
Georgas, James, 1934-
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| ISBN |
0521822971 |
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0521529875 |
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