Marriages, Families, and Relationships : Making Choices in a Diverse Society
ISBN: 9780495390923 | 0495390925
Edition: 10thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/7/2008
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This bestselling marriage and family text combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme especially relevant to today?s dynamic global environment: "Making choices in a diverse society." The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological and ecological or family systems theoretical perspectives, while including extensive coverage of family dynamics and interpersonal relationships. The authors use warmth, humor, and an engaging presentation to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and marriage and family alternatives.
| A New Look at Familiar Worlds | |
| Family Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society | |
| Exploring the Family | |
| American Families in Social Context | |
| Individuals & Relationships | |
| Our Gendered Identities | |
| Loving Ourselves and Others | |
| Our Sexual Selves | |
| Defining Your Marriage & Family | |
| Marriage: From Social Insti... MORE | |
| Nonmarital Living Arrangements: Living Alone, Same-Sex Couples, and Other Options | |
| Choosing a Marriage Partner, and the First Years of Marriage | |
| Experiencing Family Commitment | |
| To Parent or Not to Parent | |
| Raising Children in a Diverse and Multicultural Society | |
| Work and Family | |
| Communication and Conflict | |
| Power and Violence in Marriages and Families | |
| Family Change, Crises, and Resilinece | |
| Family Stress, Crises and Resilience | |
| Divorce: Before and After | |
| Remarriages and Stepfamilies | |
| Aging Families | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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