Handbook of Marriage and the Family
The lucid, straightforward Preface of this Handbook by the two editors and the comprehenSIve perspec tives offered in the Introduction by one ofthem leave little for a Foreword to add. It is therefore limIted to two relevant but not intrinsically related points vis-a-vis research on marriage and th...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
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Table of Contents:
- I Family Perspectives and Analyses
- 1 • Demography of the Family
- 2 • Historical Analysis of the Family
- 3 • Comparative Perspectives
- 4 • The Rise of Family Theory: A Historical and Critical Analysis
- 5 • Radical-Critical Theories
- 6 • Methodology
- 7 • A Perspective on Tomorrow’s Families
- II Diversity in Family Life
- 8 • Ethnicity
- 9 • Social Stratification
- 10 • Families and Work
- 11 • Families and Religions
- 12 • Nontraditional Family Forms
- 13 • Singlehood
- 14 • Voluntary Childlessness
- 15 • Single-Parent Families
- 16 • Remarriage and Reconstituted Families
- III Life Cycle Processes
- 17 • Life Cycle and Family Development
- 18 • Parent-Child Socialization
- 19 • Human Sexuality
- 20 • Development of Gender Roles
- 21 • Marriage, Family, and Fertility
- 22 • Divorce
- 23 • The Family in Later Years
- IV Family Dynamics and Transformation
- 24 • Family Power
- 25 • Family Stress
- 26 • Family Violence: Past, Present, and Future
- 27 • Family and the Law
- 28. Families and Social Policy
- 29 • Family Life Education
- 30 • Marital and Family Therapy
- Notes on Contributors