Fatherhood : contemporary theory, research, and social policy /
Contributor(s): Marsiglio, William
| Men's Studies Association (U.S.)
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Series: Research on men and masculinities series ; 7.Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1995Description: xiii, 320 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0803957823; 9780803957824:; 0803957831.Subject(s): Fatherhood -- United States![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-301) and indexes.
Fatherhood scholarship: an overview and agenda for the future -- Reshaping fatherhood: finding the models -- Rethinking fathers' involvement in child care: a developmental perspective -- Developing a middle-range theory of father involvement postdivorce -- Fathers' diverse life course patterns and roles: theory and social interventions -- Paternal involvement and perception toward fathers' roles: a comparison between Japan and the United States -- Fathering in the inner city: paternal participation and public policy -- Fathering behavior and child outcomes: the role of race and poverty --What fathers say about involvement with children after separation -- Single fathers with custody: do they change over time? -- Stepfathers with minor children living at home: parenting perceptions and relationship quality -- The fathers' rights movement: contradictions in rhetoric and practice -- The future of fatherhood: social, demographic, and economic influences on men's family involvements.
Theoretical analysis and empirical research from a number of social sciences on what it means to be a father in times of changing families and gender roles at work and in society at large. The topics of the 13 essays include finding models, life-course patterns, a comparison between perceptions toward fathers' roles in child rearing in US and Japan.