Globalization and Western Bias in Family Sociology

The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-16

  Edgar, Don ^a  

^a Australian Institute of Family Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Family sociology; Family structure; Globalization; Government family relations; Western bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889363380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999004.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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