ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION1 Contemporary issues in the sociology of families in international context 2Marina A. Adler and Karl LenzPART II COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS: IS MARRIAGE AN INSTITUTION IN DECLINE?2 The decline in marriage in France, Germany, and Sweden 11Karl Lenz, Marina A. Adler, and Anne-Laure Garcia3 A living institution: Marriage in Southern Africa 33Julia PauliPART III CARING FOR CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS: THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE4 Trends in time with children in European countries: Intensification and gender convergence 53Caroline Berghammer and Melissa A. Milkie5 Caring for older adults in the context of shifting demography and norms 72Christine A. MairPART IV POST-SEPARATION FAMILIES: THE CHALLENGES OF COPARENTING 6 Custody arrangements following separation and divorce in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: Legal frameworks and recent developments 92 Tino Schlinzig, Claudia Recksiedler, Christine Entleitner- Phleps, and Ulrike Zartler 7 Coparenting among divorced and separated parents in the United States 111 Luke T. Russell and Jonathon J. Beckmeyer PART V DIVERSE PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD: FAMILY FORMS THAT ARE NOT HETERONORMATIVE 8 LGBTQ+ families in Germany: Between overdue recognition and persisting inequalities 132 Mona Motakef, Julia Teschlade, and Christine Wimbauer 9 Not just mum and dad: Queering definitions of family in the UK 152 Ellen Davenport-Pleasance and Kate Luxion PART VI GENDER AND FAMILY POLICIES: HOW CAN POLICIES HELP PARENTS WITH CHILDCARE? 10 Comparing childcare policies in Lithuania and the Czech Republic 172 Ausra Maslauskaite and Hana Hasková 11 Promoting fatherhood through statutory paid parental leave policies: The division of paid and care work among parents in Iceland 192 Guðný Björk Eydal, Ásdís A. Arnalds, and Ingólfur V.
Gíslason PART VII MIGRATING FAMILIES: THE CHALLENGES OF SPANNING BORDERS AND CULTURES 12 Migrants and transnational families in Europe 212 Deborah Fahy Bryceson 13 The transnational and multigenerational consequences of 'illegality' for Latina/o families 233 Alejandra Pedraza Index 252.