Sociologi: familie og relationer

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Fachhochschule Potsdam (Fachbereich 2 - Sozialwesen), Veranstaltung: O6, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der aktuellen politischen Diskussion fällt immer wieder der Begriff ¿Kinderarmut¿. Ihr Index ist häufig eines der wichtigsten Merkmale, wenn Armut und Wohlstand von Ländern vergleichend betrachtet werden. Sie spiegelt den Wohlstand einer Gesellschaft wider. Vor allem sind es Nichtregierungsorganisationen, wie z.B. UNICEF, die in der Vergangenheit den Begriff nachhaltig prägten und Studien zur jeweils aktuellen Situation von Kindern durchführten und veröffentlichten. Damit zeigten sie unmittelbare Missstände der Gesellschaft auf, indem sie ihre schwächsten Mitglieder in den Focus stellten. Neben der Stellung der Kinder in der Gesellschaft, der Einhaltung und Wahrung der Kinderrechte und vor allem auch dem Schutz vor Gewalt, zählt eben auch der Schutz vor Kinderarmut zu den Zielen von UNICEF. Auf den ersten Blick mag der Begriff ¿Kinderarmut¿ befremdlich klingen, da ein Kind kein direktes wirtschaftliches Einkommen durch vorhandene Erwerbstätigkeit oder Ersatzleistungen bei fehlender Erwerbstätigkeit hat. Welche Begründung gibt es dann für diese Bezeichnung? Sind es nicht eigentlich die Eltern, die als ¿arm¿ bezeichnet werden müssten, während Kinder nur die Leidtragenden deren wirtschaftlichen Notstands sind? Im Wesentlichen betrachte ich zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen in der folgenden Arbeit die Ursachen von Kinderarmut in Deutschland und die Auswirkungen, die diese für das Individuum und für die Gesellschaft haben. Als Mitarbeiter im Bereich der Ambulanten Hilfen zur Erziehung (Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe und Erziehungsbeistand) habe ich häufig mit Familien zu tun, die in Armut, zumindest aber am Rande der Armut leben. Ihre Problemlagen sind häufig unmittelbar mit der wirtschaftlichen Armut im Zusammenhang zu setzen. Die Bearbeitung dieser Fragestellungen hat also einen unmittelbaren Nutzen für meine Arbeit in der Praxis.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Note: 1,00, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Folgenden soll es um polyamore Beziehungen gehen. Ziel ist es, spezifische Chancen, aber auch Herausforderungen herauszuarbeiten, die mit polyamoren Familienkonstellationen verbunden sind. Hierfür möchte ich zunächst den Begriff Polyamorie definieren und über Ausprägungen sowie die Verbreitung dieser Lebensform aufklären. Im dritten Kapitel soll es um polyamore Elternschaft gehen, wobei zunächst auf Erkenntnisse über die Kinder und Eltern in diesen Familien eingegangen werden soll, um im Anschluss darauf basierend die spezifischen Chancen und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten, aber auch die potentiellen Probleme und Herausforderungen eines polyamoren Familienlebens zu diskutieren. Die Arbeit schließt mit einem Fazit und einem Ausblick. Das Wort ¿Polyamorie¿ ist ein Neologismus, der sich aus dem griechischen ¿poly¿, was ¿viele, mehrere¿ bedeutet und ¿amore¿, aus dem Lateinischen, was ¿Liebe¿ heißt, zusammensetzt. Die Mischung von griechischen und lateinischen Wörtern spricht gegen die linguistische Tradition, was das Tabu des unkonventionellen Beziehungsmodells widerspiegelt. Unter Polyamorie versteht man ¿¿ ein Beziehungskonzept, das es ermöglicht, sexuelle und/ oder Liebesbeziehungen mit mehreren PartnerInnen gleichzeitig einzugehen.¿. Essentielle Voraussetzung dafür ist, dass alle Beteiligten um den nicht monogamen Charakter der Beziehung(en) wissen und damit einverstanden sind. Um dieser Beziehungsphilosophie gerecht zu werden, verlangt es von den beteiligten Personen einen hohen Reifegrad, beachtliche Kommunikationsfähigkeit, emotionale Stärke, viel Toleranz und große Flexibilität. Ganz allgemein, verfolgt das Konzept der Polyamorie die Idee, den Spielraum des Begehrens zu erweitern und liberalisierte Formen der Liebe in Beziehungen zu ermöglichen. Ausgangspunkt ist dabei der Zweifel an dem Bestand und der Sinnhaftigkeit monogamer Vereinigungen. Der Anspruch, allen emotionalen, mentalen, physischen und spirituellen Bedürfnissen seines Partners/ seiner Partnerin gerecht zu werden, erscheint unrealistisch, weshalb Anhänger der Polyamorie in ihr eine Möglichkeit sehen, mehr Bedürfnisse befriedigt zu bekommen und gleichzeitig mehr Bedürfnisse Anderer zu erfüllen.

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERSSocial Origins And Primal Law: Social Origins By Andrew Lang, M.A., Ll.D.; Primal Law By J. J. AtkinsonThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

The instant New York Times bestseller that the Christian Science Monitor declared "an important book, much the way The Feminine Mystique was, because it offers parents a common language, an understanding that they're not alone" Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. But almost none have thought to ask: What are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior analyzes the many ways children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources?in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology?she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing in later chapters to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations?and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards.Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today?and tomorrow.

"A radically different approach to social and environmental justice work for fans of Adrienne Maree Brown and Bessel van der Kolk. Instead of thinking about social justice as a process that starts with changing people's minds, Embodied Activism understands our bodies--how we feel in them and relate to others through them--as the sites of transformation"--

I Mere livsglæde mindre stress giver Lisbeth Zornig sine bud på, hvordan man får mere ro og tilfredshed i sin hverdag. Ved at forstå, hvad vi alle sammen kommer af, livet på savannen, forklarer Zornig, hvordan vores kroppe og hjerner i virkeligheden er bygget til noget helt andet, end det liv vi lever i dag. Når man lærer sit indre savannemenneske at kende, kan man også handle på det – og det handler ikke om at opgive det moderne liv, men om at skrue lidt op og ned for vaner, som bedre hjælper os til livsglæde og ro.

This volume will focus on innovative research that examines how the nature of paid work intersects with family and personal life today. Although some workers have more stability than others, rising income inequality, the continued rise of nonstandard work, further erosion of unions, technological advancements that encourage permeable boundaries between work and home, and the pressures of a global 24/7 economy generate an aura of insecurity for all. Some workers are working long hours but have some control over when, where and how they work; many others are poorly compensated and struggle with underemployment, have little say over their schedules, lack adequate benefits, and must cobble together several jobs and/or rely heavily on kinship networks to make ends meet. These changes suggest the need for nuanced analyses that are sensitive to class variation in work conditions and to diverse family formations. Research that addresses how current work conditions are experienced in different life course stages and in different policy contexts is also needed to fully understand the work-family interface.

Vor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Entwicklung unserer Gesellschaft nimmt der Open-Access-Sammelband die Wohnsituation älterer Menschen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der gesundheitlichen Situation in den Blick. Lebensqualität, Wohlbefinden, Teilhabe sowie Autonomie und Selbstbestimmung älterer Menschen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWe all relish a good scandal. Why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them? The motifs are classic-revenge, betrayal, ambition, madness-though the pitfalls are ones we all negotiate daily. After all, every one of us is a potential scandal in the making: failed self-knowledge and colossal self-deception-the necessary ingredients-are our collective plight. How to Become a Scandal is "an extremely smart, funny, acid, and beautifully written meditation on a scary truth that we all try desperately to ignore" (David Shields, author of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto).

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1,1, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Selbstdarstellung von Personen in Paarbeziehungen in sozialen Medien. Zu diesem Zweck wird eine qualitative Untersuchung am Beispiel von Instagram durchgeführt. Auf der Grundlage von Ralf Bohnsacks dokumentarischer Methode der Bildanalyse werden acht Paardarstellungen ausgewählt und in mehreren Schritten interpretiert. Dabei soll herausgearbeitet werden, wie Paare ihre romantische Beziehung nach außen hin präsentieren und welches Verhalten sie zeigen.Die Ergebnisse werden anschließend in einer Typenbildung strukturiert und in einen größeren Zusammenhang eingeordnet. Unter Anwendung wissenschaftlicher Theorien von Goffman und Illouz soll gezeigt werden, was hinter der Selbstdarstellung eines Menschen oder einer Gruppe steht und welche Rolle der Kapitalismus beziehungsweise der Konsum in den romantischen Beziehungen und deren Darstellung spielt. Dabei soll letztendlich die Frage beantwortet werden, wieso die Paare sich so zeigen, wie sie es tun, und warum der Alltag in solchen Paardarstellungen keine Rolle spielt.

Author, Linda Merritt, addresses the surprisingly common and often misunderstood issue of clergy sexual abuse (CSA) of adult women. Desiring to bring understanding to this complex issue, Linda explains how predatory clergy can betray the trust of wounded, broken, vulnerable women, and imprison them in invisible dungeons of abuse, often for years. She also explains how emotional prisons are as real and as effective as prisons made of concrete and steel. She hopes that in this book women abused by clergy will find comfort, understanding, and hope for healing and wholeness. While reading her autobiography, you will weep, you will laugh, you will feel her outrage, and you will share in her ultimate triumphs over a lifetime of trauma and staggering personal losses. Her answers to questions so often asked of victims of CSA as to why they didn't, "just say, 'No!'" are uniquely credible and worthy of consideration. She knows the answers to those questions far better than most. Now transformed from a victim into a survivor, she is a member of the sisterhood of the Betrayed! Linda is an author, public speaker, and minister to abused women. She welcomes the opportunity to speak to your church or civic group in her spirit of undaunted positivity and hope. She can be contacted at: lindamerritt184@gmail.com. This is a must-read if you or anyone you know has been abused by clergy as an adult. BETRAYED! A True Story of Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse is the story of one person's life that was vulnerable from an early age to be the target of abuse and sexual exploitation. BETRAYED! is the story of a breakthrough that took decades of suffering and relationship struggles. This book takes you through a long journey that will guide you to the true love that will redeem you no matter how much your life has been damaged and traumatized. May you find Hope! Dr. Terry L. Collier, Executive Director Anona Family Life Counseling Center Largo, FL

If you've ever felt ineffective, invisible or inarticulate, chances are you weren't actually any of those things. Those feelings may instead have been the result of a lack of awareness we all seem to have for how our words, actions and even our mere presence affect other people.In You Have More Influence Than You Think social psychologist Vanessa Bohns draws from her original research to illustrate why we fail to recognise the influence we have, and how that lack of awareness can lead us to miss opportunities or accidentally misuse our power.Weaving together compelling stories with cutting edge science, Bohns answers the questions we all want to know (but may be afraid to ask): How much did she take to heart what I said earlier? Do they know they can push back on my suggestions? Did he notice whether I was there today? Will they agree to help me if I ask?Whether attending a meeting, sharing a post online or mustering the nerve to ask for a favour, we often assume our actions, input and requests will be overlooked or rejected. Bohns and her work demonstrate that people see us, listen to us and agree to do things for us much more than we realise-for better, and worse.You Have More Influence Than You Think offers science-based strategies for observing the effect we have on others, reconsidering our fear of rejection and even, sometimes, pulling back to use our influence less. It is a call to stop searching for ways to gain influence you don't have and to start recognising the influence you don't realise you already have.

"This book takes form in this edited volume on aggressive adolescent behavior that employs sociological theories and empirical research to better understand the social aspects of bullying. Leading sociologists and other social scientists consider ways in which a sociological understanding of bullying can advance research and inform anti-bullying school policies"--

This book documents and explains the remarkable decline in the American marriage rate that began about 1970. This decline has occurred in spite of the fact that married people are better off than unmarried people in many ways. Many other attempts to explain the ';retreat from marriage' blame it on culture change involving a devaluation of marriage, and/or on ignorance of the benefits of marriage among the unmarried population. In turn, because unmarried adults and single-parent families are poorer than others, poverty and its associated problems are attributed to the failure to marry.The argument presented here is that the declining marriage rate is due to the deteriorating position of workers, particularly men, in the American economy. Not only have jobs disappeared and wages decreased, especially for the less-educated, but existing jobs have become more precarious. Less-educated workers can't count on having jobs in the future, and can't count on earning enough to support families if they have jobs because their wages have stagnated. In this economic environment, the flexibility to change partners becomes a survival strategy for the economically marginalized population, which has been increasing in size for the past four decades. Arrangements such as cohabitation allow for this flexibility; marriage does not. This argument implies that marriage is not a realistic choice for many Americans. In fact, it is a choice that many people don't actually have. Marriages between economically marginal men and women would not eventuate in the benefits that middle-class people experience when they marry, and would eliminate an option they may need to survive in the face of unrelenting poverty. We won't convince these people that marriage would improve their lives, because in most cases it wouldn't be true. To return the marriage rate to its pre-1970 level, we need to address the economic factors that have caused the decline.

This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system. It focuses on the major shift in Russia's child welfare policy: deinstitutionalisation of the system of children's homes inherited from the Soviet era and an increase in fostering and adoption.Divided into four sections, this book details both the changing role and function of residential institutions within the Russian child welfare system and the rapidly developing form of alternative care in foster families, as well as work undertaken with birth families. By analysing the consequences of deinstitutionalisation and its effects on children and young people as well as their foster and birth parents, it provides a model for understanding this process across the whole of the post-Soviet space.It will be of interest to academics and students of social work, sociology, child welfare, social policy, political science, and Russian and East European politics more generally.

This book provides a fresh interdisciplinary analysis into the lives of migrant children and youth over the course of the twentieth century and up to the present day. Adopting biopolitics as a theoretical framework, the authors examine the complex interplay of structures, contexts and relations of power which influence the evolution of child migration across national borders. The volume also investigates children's experiences, views, priorities and expectations and their roles as active agents in their own migration.Using a great variety of methodologies (archival research, ethnographic observation, interviews) and sources (drawings, documents produced by governments and experts, films and press), the authors provide richly documented case studies which cover a wide geographical area within Europe, both West (Belgium, France, Germany) and East (Romania, Russia, Ukraine), South (Italy, Portugal, Turkey) and North (Sweden), enabling a deep understanding of the diversity of migrant childhoods in the European context.

This book examines how class shapes interactions between professionals, parents, and young people in the youth justice system, utilising a mix of contemporary social theory and a wealth of empirical material. It suggests ways to neutralise the effects of class on youth justice interventions in structurally unequal societies and argues for reform based on conceptions of negotiated justice, relational agency, and autonomy in dependence.The author develops a theoretical framework to explore how class is negotiated within youth justice, taking as its starting point the work of Bourdieu on habitus, Boltanski and Thévenot on the sociology of lay normativity, and Sayer's work on moral understandings of class. This is combined with a detailed reading of empirical material gathered through focus groups, interviews with practitioners, parents and children, and participant observation of parenting courses. The result is an innovative revisiting of the part that social class plays in determining who is diverted into and away from youth justice and a sustained theoretical and empirical argument for the continued importance of class in criminological research.This book offers an original contribution to the fields of criminology, youth justice, and crime and the family. It provides an important source of knowledge for academics and practitioners interested in discussions on social class and indirect discrimination.