Families with futures : family studies into the 21st century / by Meg Wilkes Karraker, Janet R. Grochowski.

Author/creator Karraker, Meg Wilkes
Other author Grochowski, Janet R.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Routledge, 2012.
Descriptionxxv, 395 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Families--Study and teaching.

Contents Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Preface from what was through what is to what could be -- The art and science of family studies -- The changing world of families -- Family scholarship in action : theories, methods, and ethics -- From risk to resilience -- Risk and resilience : families at their best -- Family health : beyond illness and disease -- Sexual intimacy : biology and pleasure -- Family life courses -- Early trajectories : being single, choosing partners -- The new conjugal : marriage, but also civil unions -- Kith and kin : creating families in communities -- Family discord : power, conflict, and violence -- Decoupled families : deserted, separated, divorced, and widowed -- Money matters : economics and family lives -- Into the future -- From family values to valuing families -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-371) and index.
LCCN 2011034313
ISBN9780415885560 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415885566 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415885904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415885906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780203145524 (alk. paper)
ISBN0203145526 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ10 .F3385 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold