Preface: (Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards).

Part I: Families in a Global World:.

1. Globalization and Western Bias in Family Sociology: Don Edgar.

2. Changing European Families: Trends and Issues: Kath Kiernan (University of York).

3. Recent Demographic Trends in the US and Implications for Well-Being: Sinikka Elliott and Debra Umberson (University of Texas).

4. Children, Families, States, and Changing Citizenship: Hilary Land (University of Bristol).

5. Families and Local Communities: Graham Crow (University of Southampton) and Catherine Maclean.

Part II: Life Course Perspectives on the Family:.

6. Generations, the Life Course, and Family Change: J. Beth Mabry, Roseann Giarrusso, and Vern L. Bengtson (all University of Southern California).

7. Children’s Families: Jacqueline Scott (University of Cambridge).

8. Aging and the Life Course: Chris Phillipson and Graham Allan (both Keele University).

9. Parenting Practices: Duane F. Alwin (Pennsylvania State University).

10. Time, Through the Life Course, in the Family: Jonathan Gershuny (University of Essex).

Part III: Inequality and Diversity:.

11. Inequality and the Family: Philip N. Cohen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Danielle MacCartney (Webster University).

12. Families of the Poor: Robert Walker and Claire Collins (both Nottingham University).

13. Social Capital and the Family: Frank F. Furstenberg and Sarah B. Kaplan (both University of Pennsylvania).

14. Family, the State, and Health Care: Changing Roles in the New Century: Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel (both University of Texas at Austin).

15. Immigrant Families in the US: Karen Pyke (University of California, Riverside).

16. Immigrant Families in the UK: Alison Shaw (University of Oxford).

Part IV: Changing Family Forms and Relationships:.

17. Religion, Romantic Love, and the Family: Bryan S. Turner (National University of Singapore).

18. Trends in Formation and Dissolution of Couples: Joanne J. Paetsch, Nicholas M. Bala, Lorne D. Bertrand, and Lisa Glennon (all University of Calgary).

19. Children, Families, and Divorce: Jan Pryor (Victoria University of Wellington) and Liz Trinder (Newcastle University).

20. The Lesbian and Gay Family: Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, and Catherine Donovan (all Southbank University).

21. Couples and Their Networks: Eric Widmer (University of Geneva).

22. Men in Families and Households: David H.J. Morgan (University of Manchester).

Part V: Changing Social Contexts:.

23. Sex and Family: Changes and Challenges: Judith Treas (University of California, Irvine).

24. Feminism and the Family: Michelle Budig (University of Massachusetts).

25. Work and Families: Shirley Dex (University of London).

26. Public Policy and Families: Wendy Sigle-Rushton and Catherine Kenney (both Princeton University).

27. Assisted Reproduction, Genetic Technologies, and Family Life: Martin Richards (University of Cambridge).

28. Families in a Runaway World: Ulrich Beck (University of Munich) and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (University of Erlangen).

Bibliography.

Index