Publications

Available and pending publications related to Developmental Idealism Studies.

Articles

A. Thornton. "Framework for Interpreting Long-Term Trends in Values and Beliefs Concerning Single-Parent Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 71: 230-234. 2009.

A. Thornton, D. Philipov. "Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in Central and Eastern Europe: New Insights from the Developmental Idealism Framework." European Journal of Population 25(2):123-156. 2009.

G. Binstock, A. Thornton, "Knowledge And Use Of Developmental Thinking About Societies And Families Among Teenagers In Argentina." in Demográfia, Vol. 50. No. 5. English Edition, 75-104. 2007.

A. Thornton, G. Binstock, D. Ghimire, "International Dissemination of Ideas About Development and Family Change." in International Family Change Ideational Perspectives, edited by Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton, and William Axinn. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. pp 19-44. 2008.

Yount, KM. "Women's Family Power and Gender Preference in Minya, Egypt." Journal of Marriage and Family. 67:410-428. 2005.

Thornton, Arland. "The Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Change." Demography. Vol 38-No. 4. 2001.

Books

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

R. Jayokody, A. Thornton, and W. Axinn, editors. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2008.

Thornton, Arland. "Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life." University of Chicago Press, 2005. Series: (PD) Population and Development Series.

Developmental Idealism Working Papers

Arland Thornton, Dimiter Philipov. Developmental Idealism and Family and Demographic Change in Central and Eastern Europe. European Demographic Research Papers No. 3. Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 2007.

de Jong, Julie, Dirgha Ghimire, Arland Thornton, Lisa D. Pearce. "Developmental Idealism and Changing Models of Marriage." PSC Research Report No. 06-609. October 2006.

Georgina Binstock and Thornton, Arland. "Knowledge and Use of Developmental Thinking About Societies and Families among Teenagers in Argentina." PSC Research Report No. 06-587. January 2006.

Thornton, Arland, Dirgha J. Ghimire, and Colter Mitchell. "The Measurement and Prevalence of Developmental Thinking about the Family: Evidence from Nepal." PSC Research Report 04-567. October 2004.

Thornton, Arland, Georgina Binstock, and Dirgha Ghimire. "International Networks, Ideas, and Family Change." PSC Research Report 04-566. October 2004.

Reading History Sideways Working Papers

Arland Thornton. "Descriptions of the Reading History Sideways Method (the Comparative Method) by Scholars of the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s." Working Paper. November 2007.

Arland Thornton. "Robert Malthus, the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Myths." Working Paper. December 2005.

Arland Thornton. "Frederick Le Play, the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Myths." Working Paper. December 2005.

Arland Thornton. "Edward Westermarck, the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Myths." Working Paper. November 2005.

Arland Thornton. "John Millar and Other Scholars of the 1700s and 1800s Using the Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and International Cross-Sectional Data to Reach Conclusions about Changes in Family Relationships and Processes." Working Paper. November 2005.

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