Family Diversity

Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Family
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1293-4
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

Reihe: SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services

This nonjudgmental, inclusive, and far-reaching text focuses on the diverse patterns of family structure prevalent in our society today. Family Diversity presents empirical research on the internal dynamics, social environments, support factors, prevalence of discrimination, and common stereotypes that account for the issues surrounding current family relations. By examining the history and nature of foster and adoptive, single-parent, lesbian/gay, step- and grandparent family units, Pauline Irit Erera is able to challenge both the idealized family prototype and the hegemony of the traditional structure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erera, Pauline Irit

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is a Family?
2. Foster Families
3. Adoptive Families
4. Single-parent Families
5. Stepfamilies
6. Lesbian and Gay Families
7. Grandparent-headed Families
8. Unraveling the Family: What We Can Learn from Family Diversity