International family change : ideational perspectives / edited by Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton, William Axinn. - xiv, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on international family change / Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn -- International dissemination of ideas about development and family change / Arland Thornton, Georgina Binstock, Dirgha Ghimire -- An uncertain future for African families / Thérèse Locoh, Myriam Mouvagha-Sow -- When history moves on : the foundations and diffusion of the second demographic transition / Ron Lesthaeghe, Johan Surkyn -- Ideational influences on family change in the United States / William G. Axinn, Amie Emens, Colter Mitchell -- Continuity and change : the family in Argentina / Georgina Binstock -- Family change in Iran : religion, revolution, and the state / Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald -- Social change and marriage in Vietnam : from socialist state to market reform / Rukmalie Jayakody, Vu Tuan Huy -- The relevance of ideational changes to family transformation in postwar Japan / Makoto Atoh -- The influence of ideational dimensions of social change on family formation in Nepal / William G. Axinn, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Jennifer S. Barber -- Family change in Turkey : peasant society, Islam and the revolution "from above" / Bernhard Nauck, Daniela Klaus -- Conclusion / William G. Axinn, Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton.

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