Wider Families: New Traditional Family Forms

by Teresa Marciano and Marvin B. Sussman

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Here is a unique book that addresses the changing definition of family and explores the many types of relationships and the variety of people that are often central to our experience of family. A decline in the importance of traditional nuclear and extended families has led people to search for alternative relationships and support networks arising from lifestyle needs. These wider families are greater in width and scope than families formed by marriage or those that exist due to biological connections. Wider Families examines these new families and the economic and social changes that have given rise to these...Read more
  • ISBN10 156024271X
  • ISBN13 9781560242710
  • Publish Date 24 July 1992 (first published 29 August 1991)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 18 April 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Imprint Haworth Press Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 175
  • Language English