Family transformation through divorce and remarriage : a systemic approach / Margaret Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Margaret, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Divorce--Great Britain.

Divorce.

Families--Great Britain.

Families.

Remarriage--Great Britain.

Remarriage.

Stepfamilies--Great Britain.

Stepfamilies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the systemic theoretical framework.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: the post-nuclear family chapter 2 The family as a system chapter 3 The family as a system chapter 4 Families through the divorce process chapter 5 Families through the divorce process chapter 6 Becoming a stepfamily: starting out chapter 7 Becoming a stepfamily: getting it together chapter 8 Children during divorce and remarriage chapter 9 Ways and means of intervening during divorce and remarriage chapter 10 Ways and means of intervening during the divorce process chapter 11 Can re-formed extended families become 'good enough' ?chapter 12 Afterword

Notes:

Pbk. reprint of the 1991 ed., with new postscript.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-94076-9

0-367-09512-2

0-203-35923-2

1-280-07359-4

9780203359235

OCLC:

437081951