Handbook of Contemporary Families

Marilyn Coleman, EdD, is a curators' distinguished professor emerita of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Missouri (United States). She is also an affiliate faculty member with women's and gender studies at the University of Missouri and a fellow in the MU Center for Excellence on Aging and the MU Center for Family Policy and Research. She is a fellow in the National Council on Family Relations. She has conducted research on stepfamilies for more than 35 years. Her recent work with Lawrence H. Ganong has focused on (a) intergenerational family responsibilities following divorce and remarriage and (b) the development, maintenance, and dissolution of steprelationships over time. He and Ganong have co-authored over 220 articles and book chapters as well as nine books. She was the second female editor of the leading family journal in the world, Journal of Marriage and Family, from 1992 to 1996, and has been either an associate editor or on the Editorial Board of six additional journals. 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.

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. McGraw & 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

"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 "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 "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