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Family Realities: A Global View
Betty Yorburg, City University of New York

ISBN-10: 0135781051
ISBN-13: 9780135781050

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paper; 286 pp
Published: 08/20/2001

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For courses in Marriage and the Family and Sociology and the Family.

This comprehensive introduction to the sociology of family helps integrate a vast amount of subject within a unifying theoretical perspective. Applying the latest social science research, the text compares and explains current trends in family life and provides an interdisciplinary analysis of changing family realities in major societies both historically and today.

  • Clear concise style.

    • Enables students to understand the main concepts.

  • Addresses sociocultural evolution.

    • Familiarizes students with changes in values and economic, political and human conditions due to developments in science and technology.

  • Focuses on changes in roles, values, power and conflicts.

    • Familiarizes students with evolving family dynamics as members age.

  • Reflects latest social science research.

    • Provides students with the most current integrating theoretical perspectives.

I. SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES

Introduction.

 1. Sociological Reality.

 2. The Language of Family Change.

II. CHANGING FAMILY REALITIES.

 3. Families in Time and Place.

 4. U.S. Families in Time and Place.

III. TRANSITION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

 5. Love and Attachment.

 6. Finding a Partner.

 7. Other Options.

 8. Partner Relationships.

 9. Parents and Children.

10. Divorce and Remarriage.

11. The Middle and Later Years.

12. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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