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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9966757066
by Bert Adams
In this book, Bert Adams, a sociology professor from the United States, tells his family's story of their time in Uganda at the beginning of the Amin era.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Reviewed by Dianne R. Browne, PhD, CFLE, CSE
Introducing the New Sexuality Studies has valuable content and is as up-to-date as possible considering that human sexuality is an ever changing field.
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Human Sexuality
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461467705
by Mihaela Robila
Family policy holds a particular status in the quest for a more equitable world as it intersects the rights of women, children, and workers.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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by James M. Raymo, Ph.D. professor of sociology, director, Center for Demography and Ecology, and director, Concentration in Analysis and Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison
In Japan, marriage is changing in fundamental ways.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Reviewed by Richard Glotzer, CFLE, professor at the University of Akron
Charles Murray's Coming Apart is an interesting and thoughtful book.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/professional-resource-library/video-la-alfabetizaci-n-de-los-ni-os-empieza-en-casa
Enseñamos la alfabetización a los niños bien antes de empezar la escuela.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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In her talk, 'Daring to Make a Difference for DR Congo,' NCFR member Dr. Lee Ann De Reus conveys the resilience and hope of Congolese women and girls.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Health
Human Sexuality
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/china-s-one-child-policy-impressions-fulbrighter
by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University
Few Americans can imagine a level of government intrusiveness into our fertility decisions that most Chinese take for granted
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/global-families-europe
by Giovanna Gianesini, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Center for Family Studies (CIRF), University of Padova, Italy; marriage and family counselor, Ethica Counseling Center; ESFR Newsletter co-editor
The welfare state in many European countries is calling for a social debate on both social policy orientations and policy culture.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/how-international-work-enriched-my-personal-and-profe
by Stephan M. Wilson, Dean, College of Human Sciences and Regents Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University
I am writing this essay to encourage other members of NCFR to carefully consider global families both from a professional and a personal perspective.
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/impact-parents-migration-moldavian-youths-perception-
by Valentina Bodrug-Lungu, Ph.D., associate professor, Moldovan State University, and Erin Kostina-Ritchey, M.A., M.Ed., CFLE, Texas Tech University
Migration is an important phenomenon that directly and indirectly influences both the socioeconomic and demographic development sectors of each country.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Resource Management
Internal Dynamics of Families
Parent Education and Guidance
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/intergenerational-relationships-transnational-eastern
by Olena Nesteruk, Ph.D., associate professor, Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University
In this article I highlight Eastern European (EE) immigrants in the United States and share how they maintain intergenerational relationships across the ocean.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/launching-joint-multinational-family-studies-program
by Yan Ruth Xia, [email protected]; Rich Bischoff, John DeFrain, Marjorie Kostelnik, and Cody Hollist, on behalf of the working team of the Global Consortium for International Family Studies
Currently, the most common way to develop global competence is through experiential learning abroad, but this requires financial means.
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Family Science Education
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by Shawn L. Christiansen, associate professor, Family Life and Human Development, Southern Utah University
As you walk through Tokyo you see a world inhabited by adults and ominously devoid of children.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/new-dimensions-south-korean-families-changes-and-dive
by Miai Sung, associate professor, Department of Home Economics, Korea National Open University, and Soyoung Lee, assistant professor, Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University
During industrialization, a strong ideology of familism in South Korea played an important role in establishing families as a safety net.
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/serendipitous-scholarship-and-discovery-palestinians
by Brian K. Barber, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict, University of Tennessee
My experiences in the occupied Palestinian territories were instrumental both professionally and personally in shaping the past two decades.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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/ncfr-report/focus/family-focus-global-families/thoughts-learning-abroad
by Catherine Solheim, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science
Often we teach about the cultures of others, yet we fail to examine ourselves as cultural beings.
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Family Science Education
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00581.x/full
This 2009 Journal of Marriage and Family paper reports on a study of 25 transracially adopted multiracials regarding "being raised by White people."
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http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2013/download
The Human Development Report was launched in 1990 to put people at the center of development, going beyond income to assess people's long-term well-being.
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Family Health
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Reviewed by Laura Landry Meyer, Ph.D., CFLE
This book is based on the editors' personal experiences working with families throughout their careers in social work and the field of wellness.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
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https://www.hodder.co.uk/Nicholas Brealey/Nicholas Brealey.page
This book examines the TCK experience and its effect on maturing, developing a sense of identity and adjusting to one's "passport country" upon return.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Health
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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http://worldfamilymap.org/2013/
The World Family Map report summarizes a large body of data on family strengths and challenges, as well as important educational outcomes for children and youth.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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Stephen T. Russell, sociologist and expert on adolescent sexuality, talks about his research on the special vulnerabilities of LGBT youth in their communities.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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