Changing Family Values: Difference, Diversity and the decline of Male Order
C. Wright
Changing Family Values offers a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates and new research surrounding the family. It explores how we define traditional family values and how these values are perceived as being underthreat in contemporary society. Ranging across politics, social policy, law and sociology, the contributors focus on the diverse realities of contemporary family life. Issues covered include:* the recent backlash against single mothers* lesbian and gay families and the law* men's changing roles within the family* the future of the nuclear family.This book is ideal for courses covering the family, a central topic in sociology and women's studies.
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Year:
1999
Language:
english
Pages:
224
ISBN 10:
1435632362
ISBN 13:
9781435632363
File:
PDF, 697 KB
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english, 1999