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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480784903321

Autore

Erera Pauline Irit

Titolo

Family diversity [[electronic resource] ] : continuity and change in the contemporary family / / Pauline Irit Erera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Sage, c2002

ISBN

1-4522-2551-6

0-7619-1292-4

1-4522-2201-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Sage sourcebooks for the human services ; ; v. 44

Disciplina

306.85

306.850973

Soggetti

Families - United States

Family services - United States

Family policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.