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Family diversity : continuity and change in the contemporary family / Pauline Irit Erera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erera, Pauline Irit.
- Series:
- Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; v. 44.
- Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; v. 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- Family services--United States.
- Family services.
- Family policy--United States.
- Family policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 267 p.).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pauline Erera regards nontraditional families as family structures in their own right. In her study, the author focuses on and explores the diverse patterns of family structure that are prevalent in society today.
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1 - WHAT IS A FAMILY?; Chapter 2 - FOSTER FAMILIES; Chapter 3 - ADOPTIVE FAMILIES; Chapter 4 - SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES; Chapter 5 - STEPFAMILIES; Chapter 6 - LESBIAN AND GAY FAMILIES; Chapter 7 - GRANDMOTHER-HEADED FAMILIES; Chapter 8 - UNRAVELING THE FAMILY: What We Can Learn From Family Diversity; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781452236858
- 1452236852
- 9781452225517
- 1452225516
- 9780761912927
- 0761912924
- 9781452222011
- 1452222010
- OCLC:
- 815785912
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