Encyclopedia of Relationships Across the Lifespan

By Cornelis A. DeKluyver

Book Overview

This comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia explores the developmental nature of social interactions and is designed for a broad range of readers in college, institutional, and public library settings. The lifespan perspective illuminates how relationships change throughout the course of human development from family interactions and friendships to dating and work relationships. In the process a diversity of topics are explored, such as aging experiences, divorce, family violence, gender roles, grandparenthood, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, marriage and alternative lifestyles, parenthood, and sibling relations. A variety of perspectives are provided, including psychological, sociological, family studies, historical, anthropological, and religious views. The reader is also exposed to how lifespan relationships are shaped by international, racial, ethnic, and class differences.

Over 500 easy-to-read entries analyze terms, concepts, themes, theories, and policies, as well as current, historical, and multicultural perspectives, and provide over 1,500 sources for further study. An appendix listing over 100 professional journals of note and a selected bibliography of the latest publications of importance to the topic overall further enrich this volume designed for students, teachers, practitioners, and general readers in all the social sciences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130209953
• ISBN13: 9780313295768
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A much needed concise guide to strategic management

It's probably the most accessible strategy book I've come across in the last 10 years and it will form the core of my executive development teaching from now on. Prof. de Kluyver has written a much needed text. It should prove ideal for busy executives and MBA students who want to get a handle on the latest issues in strategic management without having to wade through the typically lengthy tomes that tend to characterise this field. In just 141 pages of text the author covers many of the key topics on the agenda of strategic managers today and somehow manages to do so without sacrificing depth. I would recommend this book to practising managers and business students alike. For educational purposes it is an ideal first step on the road to the original source articles that comprise the cutting edge of the strategy literature.