Understanding Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action

by S. Philip Morgan, Jennifer A. Johnson-Hanks, Christine A. Bachrach, et al.

Book Overview

Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these axes of variation, but theoretical models to explain family change and variation have lagged behind. At the same time, our sister disciplines-from cultural anthropology to social psychology to cognitive science and beyond-have made dramatic strides in understanding how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400737009
• ISBN13: 9789400737006
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"