As the social world of American families feverishly changes,
single-parent families, dual-career couples, and blended families
have quickly become the norm rather than the exception. In Family
Relations, a distinguished group of leading family researchers
including Joan Huber, David Olson, Hamilton McCubbin, and Marilyn
Coleman examines the social changes that have gripped society and
explains their impact on family relationships and functioning.
Initial chapters address principal theories of change; the
remainder of the volume addresses the predominant challenges facing
contemporary families such as work/family interface, violence,
family dysfunction, family crisis, divorce, and the transition to
marriage and parenthood. The contributors make suggestions for
change in family policy, family therapy, and family life education,
and conclude with an overview of the current state of families and
future directions. This comprehensive and interesting volume is for
students, family researchers, sociologists, psychologists,
counselors, family life educators, and policy analysts. "True to
its aim it informs about the latest understandings and tools of
intervention to help overcome the formidable challenges to the
family....there is some worthy scholarship to be found in this
volume....chapter 3 on gender and role change is a lively and
readable summary." --British Journal of Social Work "[This volume]
has much to offer. For example, the volume contains demographic
information often needed by practitioners and policymakers at a
moment's notice. Literature reviews not only summarize research on
a particular topic but also are organized around a theoretical
framework. Well-known authors have contributed scholarly,
insightful commentaries on current family issues and challenges for
the future. In short, this book provides information that
practitioners and policymakers could use to do the following:
establish the need and rationale for programming and applied
research, justify the expenditure of funds for children and
families, ground their work in theory and research, conduct
in-service education, and consider program evaluation strategies. .
. . This book is well-written and provides a valuable resource for
the intended readership. I look forward to the second volume."
--Journal of Marriage and the Family
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