Family Theories
- ISBN-10
- 1412937485
- ISBN-13
- 9781412937481
- Series
- Family Theories
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Authors
- James M. White, David M. Klein
Description
An incisive, thorough introduction to current theories of the family, this text balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work with the conciseness needed for ease of use in a one-semester course for upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Through two editions, this best-selling text has drawn upon seven major theoretical frameworks developed by key social scientists to explain variation in family life. These frameworks include: social exchange and choice, symbolic-interaction, family life course development, systems, conflict, feminist, and ecological. Readers of the Third Edition will welcome the addition of an eighth framework - funcitional theories - along with more suggestions for integrating theory to guide a research program and more applications for those going on to careers in the helping professions.
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