Public and Private Families: A Reader - Softcover

Cherlin, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073404365 ISBN 13: 9780073404363

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Synopsis

This reader examines the family through two lenses--the familiar private family, in which we live our personal lives, and the public family, in which we deal with broader societal issues, such as raising the next generation, and the care of the elderly. Consequently, these readings look both at intimate, personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. The reader corresponds exactly to and is published concurrent with Cherlin's textbook Public and Private Families: An Introduction; both the textbook and the reader have 14 chapters of the same names.

About this title

Product Description:

Examines the family through two lenses - the familiar private family, in which we live our personal lives, and the public family, in which we deal with broader societal issues, such as raising the next generation, and the care of the elderly. This title looks both at intimate, personal concerns, as well as societal concerns.

From the Publisher:

Many of the readings are cross-disciplinary'for example, psychology and law'making this text ideal for family courses in Human development, Family Studies, and Psychology.
A mix of 29 readings from both the popular press and academic journals keep address a wide range of topics including deadbeat dads, gay marriage, domestic violence, and generational relations.
Written especially for this reader is an article by Cherlin on how the 1996 Welfare Reform Law will affect poor families.
Includes stories about real families, as well as current classics of the gender-studies approach to the sociology of the family.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0073404365
• ISBN 13: 9780073404363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 368