Family Studies: An Introduction

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Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 248
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Designed for use on introductory sociology courses, Family Studies is the first UK text book in the subject. Each chapter is designed to work as an individual units of study in a course on the family.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Using this book......Page 18
Family lives......Page 20
Theorising family lives......Page 46
Family Studies......Page 70
Families in society......Page 90
Children in families......Page 124
Partnering......Page 146
Parenting......Page 168
Putting families first......Page 192
Glossary......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 220
Index......Page 238

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