His and Her Divorce Research

New Theoretical Directions in Canadian and American Research

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ID2965536
AuthorsMaureen Baker (University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume15
Issue1
Pages17-28
Publication date1984-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.15.1.17
OpenAlexW2938189973
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Through a comparison of Canadian and American research on separation and divorce, we have noted a rift developing in Canadian family studies that is less apparent in American research. While American social scientists have to some extent adopted a more critical view of the family and incorporated aspects of a feminist perspective into their research, Canadian authors are still focusing on correlates with high divorce rates. In Canada, segregation within conferences has become common, with much of the family research using a political economy or feminist perspective taking place in women's studies sessions. In Canadian journals, published articles tend to be written by men, using a much more conservative theoretical framework. This gives the impression that critical research is not being done in Canada on marriage dissolution or in the family in general. If "women's studies" can be incorporated in family sociology, the new theoretical concerns of the feminist research may alter the course of family sociology, breathing new life into an otherwise stagnating substantive area

Criminology · Family life · Perspective (graphical) · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of the family · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

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