"This best-selling book introduces key theoretical perspectives on families, reflects the most current data and research, and uses cross-cultural comparisons to present the most comprehensive coverage of the family." The book uses a variety of theoretical frameworks (structural/functionalist, conflict, interactionist, exchange, developmental, and feminist) to describe and analyze society's contemporary families and diverse, nontraditional lifestyles. Separate chapters look at variations among American families by race and social class." For sociologists and those involved with counseling, teaching or social work centered on the family.
- ISBN10 020535128X
- ISBN13 9780205351282
- Publish Date 12 August 2002 (first published 5 October 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Edition 10th edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 582
- Language English