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Family Diversity

Name: Family Diversity
Brand: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
SKU: 9780761912934
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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INCISBN: 9780761912934

Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Family

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By Pauline Irit Erera
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Release Date: January 21, 2002
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 280

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In this book, Pauline Erera presents nontraditional families as family structures in their own right, rather than as variations of the traditional family (first married, two-parent, heterosexual). She examines each family form, both its internal dynamics its social environment, including: * prevalence * social and cultural conditions leading to or supporting its existence * policies applicable to it * common stereotypes and empirical evidence * discrimination to which the family may be subjected. Each chapter follows a similar structure to the others, focusing on the most salient characteristics of the family and stressing the considerable diversity and variation within each family type, then presenting implications for policy, practice, and research.

1. What is a Family? 2. Foster Families 3. Adoptive Families 4. Single-parent Families 5. Stepfamilies 6. Lesbian and Gay Families 7. Grandparent-headed Families 8. Unraveling the Family: What We Can Learn from Family Diversity

"FAMILY DIVERSITY is an excellent, well written book and fills a badly needed nitch. Students really need a book that helps them understand the empirical behavioral and legal research about common family forms not covered in most family texts. Dr. Erera's fine book covers foster families, grandmother headed families - never given adequate description and analysis before this and also includes thorough chapters on adoptive, single parent, step families and lesbian & gay families. The breath and depth of each chapter is unique. I don't know of any other text that allows for such an in-depth comparative approach. This is a real achievement and contribution!"

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