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. Alte...
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