‘Coleman and Ganong recruited an outstanding group of scholars to contribute to the Handbook of Contemporary Families. Authors represent a wide array of disciplines, and the topics touch on every aspect of family life. The organization of the book is excellent and the writing of high quality. Scholars and students alike will find the book a valuable resource.’
–Alan Booth,
Penn State University
‘Marilyn Coleman and Larry Ganong have produced a comprehensive handbook exploring the changes and challenges confronting contemporary families. The chapters, written by some of the most distinguished social scientists studying families, give a balanced research-based analysis of some of the most contentious issues of our time.’
–E. Mavis Hetherington,
University of Virginia
‘This useful handbook brings together many of the most important new findings and provocative ideas about America′s diverse and changing families. An excellent resource.’
–Stephanie Coontz,
author of The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America′s Changing Families
What has happened to marriage and families? What is the current state of families? Where are families headed? Where is family scholarship headed? As families face challenges today brought on by events that have changed their perception of the world, there is a need for a clear assessment of what has happened to families in the past and an examination of some data-based theories about what is likely to happen in the future.
The
Handbook of Contemporary Families explores how families have changed in the last 30 years and speculates about future trends. Editors Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong, along with a multidisciplinary group of contributors, critique the approaches used to study relationships and families while suggesting modern approaches for the new millennium. The
Handbook looks at how changes within the contemporary family have been reflected in family law, family education, and family therapy.
Features of this Handbook:
- Examines a diverse array of families and relationships in which people live, including chapters on alternative lifestyles, gay and lesbian relationships, economically distressed families, religion and families, racial and ethnic diversity, a feminist vision for families, older families, and the effect of computers and other technology on family relationships
- Includes both a historical review and future speculation on the subjects covered in each chapter
- Interdisciplinary contributors representing a variety of fields such as history, family studies, sociology, law, therapy, social work, psychology, nursing, and human development
Handbook of Contemporary Families is an excellent resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, educators, and practitioners who study and work with families in several disciplines, including Family Science, Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Social Work.
Table of Content
PART ONE: CONSIDERING THE PAST, CONTEMPLATING THE FUTURE
1. Household Diversity: The Starting Point for Healthy Families in the New Century – John Scanzoni
2. Alternate Lifestyles Today: Off the Family Studies Screen – Roger H. Rubin
3. The Social & Cultural Construction of American Childhood – Steven Mintz
PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY COUPLES
4. Cohabitation & Family Change – Judith Seltzer
5. An Ecological/Exchange Perspective on Recent Marital Trends – Ronald Sabatelli & Karen Ripoll
6. Gay Men & Lesbian Couples: The Family Context – Larry Kurdek
7. Ambiguous Constructions: Development of a Childless or Childfree Life Course – Richard Bulcroft & Jay Teachman
8. Intimate Relationships in Later Life: Current Realities, Future Prospects – Teresa Cooney & Kathleen Dunne
PART THREE: GENDER ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES
9. Jobs, Marriage, & Parenting: Working it Out in Dual-Earner Families – Maureen Perry Jenkins & Elizabeth Turner
10. Gender in Families: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same – Lori A. Mc Graw & Alexis Walker
11. Feminist Visions for Transforming Families: Desire & Equality Then & Now – Katherine Allen
PART FOUR: RAISING CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES
12. Encountering Oppositions: A Review of Motherhood – Susan Walzer
13. Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, & Dilemmas – Scott Coltrane
14. Pathogenic Conflict Families & Children: What We Know, What We Need to Know – William Glenn Clingempeel & Eulalee Brand-Clingempeel
PART FIVE: CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURES
15. To Have & Have Not: Marriage & Divorce in the United States – Paul Amato
16. Children & Parents in Single Parent Families: Risk, Resilience, & Change – Michele Tuer Martin, Robert Emery, & Tara S. Peris
17. Britain′s Changing Families – Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, & Graham Crow
18. Stepfamilies: Changes & Challenges – Kay Pasley & Brad S. Moorefield Kay Pasley & Brad S. Moorefield Kay Pasley & Brad S. Moorefield Kay Pasley & Brad S. Moorefield
PART SIX: RACE & ETHNICITY IN CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES
19. Continuing Research on Latino Families: El pasado y el futuro – Linda Citlali Halgunseth
20. Diversity In African American Families: Trends & Projections – Belinda Tucker, Saskia K. Subramanian, & Angela James
21. Asian American Families: Diverse History, Contemporary Trends, & the Future – Masako Ishii-Kuntz
22. A ′Seven Generation′ Approach to American Indian Families – Walter T. Kawamoto & Tamara C. Cheshire
23. Muslim Families in the United States – Bahira Sherif-Trask
PART SEVEN: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY
24. Families & Religious Beliefs, Practices, & Communities: Linkages in a Diverse & Dynamic Cultural Context – David C. Dollahite, Loren Marks, & Michael Goodman
25. Family Law For Changing Families – Mary Ann Mason, Sarah Carnochan, & Mark A. Fine
26. Building Enduring Family Policies in the 21st Century – Karen Bogenschneider & Tom Corbett
27. The Disturbing Paradox of Poverty Amidst American Families: What We Have Learned Over the Past Four Decades – Mark Rank
PART EIGHT: TECHNOLOGY & CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES
28. Brave New Families: Modern Health Technology & Family Creation – Dianne Bartels
29. Understanding the Effects of the Internet 29. Understanding the Effects of the Internet, by Robert Hughes, Jr. &Jason D. Hans 29. Understanding the Effects of the Internet – Robert Hughes, Jr. & Jason D. Hans
PART NINE: WORKING WITH CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES
30. Family Therapy in Response to Family Diversity: Looking Back, Looking Forward – Leigh Leslie & Goldie Morton
31. Contemporary Family Life Education: Thirty Years of Challenge & Progress – Deborah Gentry
About the author
Lawrence Ganong, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Family Science and Nursing at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has co-authored over 310 journal articles and chapters and 10 books and has received 12 grants from public and private institutions. Ganong’s research program has focused on how post-divorce families, particularly stepfamilies, develop and maintain satisfying and effective relationships. Ganong is a Fellow in the National Council on Family Relations and the Gerontological Society of America. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Council on Family Relations, the Council on Contemporary Families, and The Stepfamily Association of America.
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