For one semester/quarter courses on Marriage and Families, Sociology of the Family, Human Development or Family Studies. By introducing the themes of "Changes, Choices and Constraints" when presenting the basic concepts, theory, research and statistics about marriages and families, Benokraitis discusses how contemporary changes in families and their structure impact the choices student's actually have, and how society can constrain their marriages, families and relationships. Through this approach, students are better able to understand what the research and statistics mean for themselves! Seeing that there was a need for a text that reflected the issues- like race and ethnicity, remarriage and stepfamilies, and sexuality, that face students and their families, Professor Benokraitis wrote Marriage and Families as a way to show students both the choices and constraints that families face in modern society.
| ISBN | 0132431734 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780132431736
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1566 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Previous ISBN | 9780131305168 | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 267 | | Publication date | 05 Mar 2007 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 306.8 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 672 | |
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Chapter 1: The Changing Family Chapter 2: Studying Marriage and the Family Chapter 3: The Family in Historical Perspective Chapter 4: Racial and Ethnic Families: Strengths and Stresses Chapter 5: Socialization and Gender Roles Chapter 6: Love and Loving Relationships Chapter 7: Sexuality and Sexual Expression Throughout Life Chapter 8: Choosing Others: Dating and Mate Selection Chapter 9: Singlehood, Cohabitation, Civil Unions, and Other Options Chapter 10: Marriage and Communication in Committed Relationships Chapter 11: To Be or Not to Be a Parent: More Choices, More Constraints Chapter 12: Raising Children: Promises and Pitfalls Chapter 13: Balancing Work and Family Life Chapter 14: Family Violence and Other Health Issues Chapter 15: Separation and Divorce Chapter 16: Remarriages and Stepfamilies Chapter 17: Families in Later Life Chapter 18: The Family in the Twenty-First Century
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