Handbook of contemporary families : considering the past, contemplating the future / edited by Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Coleman, Marilyn, Ganong, Lawrence H.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2004.
Subjects:	Families > United States. Cultural pluralism > United States.
Online Access:	Table of contents only Publisher description Contributor biographical information

Table of Contents:

Pt.1 Considering the past, contemplating the future : Household diversity : the starting point for healthy families in the new century / John Scanzoni
Alternate lifestyles today : off the family studies screen / Roger H. Rubin
The social and cultural construction of American childhood / Steven Mintz.
Pt.2 Contemporary couples : Cohabitation and family change / Judith A. Seltzer
Variations in marriage over time : an ecological/exchange perspective / Ronald M. Sabatelli, Karen Ripoll
Gay men & lesbians : the family context / Lawrence A. Kurdek
Ambiguous constructions : development of a childless or child-free life course / Richard Bulcroft, Jay Teachman
Intimate relationships in later life : current realities, future prospects / Teresa M. Cooney, Kathleen Dunne.
Pt.3 Gender issues in contemporary families : Jobs, marriage and parenting : working it out in dual-earner families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Elizabeth Turner
Gendered family relations : the more things change, the more they stay the same / Lori A. McGraw, Alexis J. Walker
Feminist visions for transforming families : desire and equality then and now / Katherine R. Allen.
Pt.4 Raising children in contemporary families : Encountering oppositions : a review of scholarship about motherhood / Susan Walzer
Fathering : paradoxes, contradictions and dilemmas / Scott Coltrane
Pathogenic-conflict families and children : what we know, what we need to know / W. Glenn Clingempeel, Eulalee Brand-Clingempeel.
Pt.5 Changing family structures : Divorce in social and historical context : changing scientific perspectives on children and marital dissolution / Paul R. Amato
Single-parent families : risks, resilience and change / Michele T. Martin, Robert E. Emery, Tara S. Peris
Britain's changing families / Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, Graham Crow
Stepfamilies : changes and challenges / Kay Pasley, Brad S. Moorefield.
Pt.6 Race and ethnicity in contemporary families : Continuing research on Latino families : el pasado y el futuro / Linda Citlali Halgunseth
Diversity in African American families : trends and projections / M. Belinda Tucker, Saskia K. Subramanian, Angela D. James
Asian American families : diverse history, contemporary trends, and the future / Masako Ishii-Kuntz
A "seven-generation" approach to American Indian families / Walter T. Kawamoto, Tamara C. Cheshire
Muslim families in the United States / Bahira Sherif-Trask.
Pt.7 Families in society : Families and religious beliefs, practices, and communities : linkages in a diverse and dynamic cultural context / David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Michael A. Goodman
Family law for changing families in the new millennium / Mary Ann Mason, Mark A. Fine, Sarah Carnochan
Building enduring family policies in the 21st century : the past as prologue? / Karen Bogenschneider, Tom Corbett
The disturbing paradox of poverty in American families : what we have learned over the past four decades / Mark R. Rank.
Pt.8 Technology and contemporary families : Brave new families : modern health technologies and family creation / Dianne M. Bartels
Understanding the effects of the Internet on family life / Robert Hughes, Jr., Jason D. Hans.
Pt.9 Working with contemporary families : Family therapy's response to family diversity : looking back, looking forward / Leigh A. Leslie, Goldie Morton
Contemporary family life education : thirty years of challenge and progress / Deborah B. Gentry.

Handbook of contemporary families : considering the past, contemplating the future / edited by Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong.

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