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Appropriate for Marriage and Family and Sociology of Family courses.   Blending historical context with the latest scholarship, this reader examines the most current trends in the families and intimate relationships field of study.   Family in Transition 16e identifies the most current trends, places them in historical context, and balances cutting-edge scholarship with perennial favorites. The authors, who are leading scholars, build each new edition from classic literature in the field as well as the continuing stream of new family scholarship.

Table of Contents:
IN THIS SECTION: 1. BRIEF 2. COMPREHENSIVE      BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS   Part I The Changing Family  1.  Families Past and Present 2.  Public Debates and Private Lives    Part II Sex and Gender 3.  Changing Gender Roles 4.  Sexualtiy and Society 5.  Courtship and Marriage 6.  Divorce and Remarriage   Part III Parents and Children 7.  Parenthood 8.  Childhood and Youth   Part IV Families in Society 9.  Work and Family Life 10.  Family and the Economy 11.  Dimensions of Diversity 12.  Trouble in the Family     COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS * New to this Edition   Part I  The Changing Family   1.  Families Past and Present Reading 1 William J. Goode / The Theoretical Importance of the Family Reading 2  Anthony Giddens / The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life * Reading 3  Eriikka Oinonin / Family in Finland and Spain   2.  Public Debates and Private Lives Reading 4   Sharon Hays / The Mommy Wars: Ambivalence, Ideological Work, and the Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood Reading 5   Janet  Z. Giele / Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views   Part II Sex and Gender   3.  Changing Gender Roles Reading 6  Robert M. Jackson / Destined for Equality * Reading 7  Gail Collins / The Ice Cracks * Reading 8  Kathleen Gerson / Falling Back on Plan B: The Children of the Gender Revolution Face Uncharted Territory   4.  Sexualtiy and Society Reading 9   Beth Bailey / Sexual Revolution(s) * Reading 10  Kathleen A. Bogle / Hooking Up and Dating: A Comparison * Reading 11  Margaret Talbot / Red Sex, Blue Sex   5.  Courtship and Marriage Reading 12  Lynne M. Casper and Suzanne M. Bianchi / Cohabitation * Reading 13  Maria Kefalas, Frank Furstenberg, and Laura Napolitano / Marriage is More than Being Together: The Meaning of Marriage among Young Adults in the United States Reading 14  Andrew J. Cherlin / American Marriage in the Early Twenty-First Century Reading 15  Arlene Skolnick / Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail   6.  Divorce and Remarriage Reading 16  Lawrence M. Friedman / Divorce: The “Silent Revolution” * Reading 17  Virginia E. Rutter / Divorce in Research vs. Divorce in Media Reading 18  Mary Ann Mason / The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities   Part III Parents and Children   7.  Parenthood Reading 19  Philip Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan / New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers * Reading 20  William Marsiglio / Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids   8.  Childhood and Youth Reading 21  Steven Mintz / Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood as a Social and Cultural Construct Reading 22  Annette Lareau / Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life * Reading 23  Frank Furstenberg / Diverging Development: The Not-so-Invisible Hand of Social Class in the United States * Reading 24  Katherine S. Newman / Ties That Bind: Cultural Interpretations of Delayed Adulthood in Western Europe and Japan   Part IV Families in Society   9.  Work and Family Life Reading 25  Arlie Hochschild  with Anne Machung / The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home Reading 26  Pamela Stone / The Rhetoric and Reality of “Opting Out”   10.  Family and the Economy Reading 27  Lillian Rubin / Families on the Fault Line Reading 28  Harriet B. Presser / The Economy That Never Sleeps * Reading 29  Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen / The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in American Reading 30  Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi / Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke   11.  Dimensions of Diversity Reading 31  Ronald L. Taylor / Diversity within African American Families Reading 32  Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells / Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science * Reading 33  Min Zhou / Conflict, Coping, and Reconciliation in Chinese Immigrant Families Reading 34  Rona J. Karasik and Raeann R. Hamon / Cultural Diversity and Aging Families Reading 35  Judith Stacy / Gay and Lesbian Families: Queer Like Us   12.  Trouble in the Family Reading 36  Jeremy Travis / Prisoners’ Families and Children Reading 37  Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas / Unmarried with Children  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205024513
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Edition: International ed of 16th revised ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: International Edition
  • Width: 186 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0205024513
  • Publisher Date: 18 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 223 mm
  • No of Pages: 560
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 730 gr


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