Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society

Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society
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Publisher : Cengage Learning
Total Pages : 592
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ISBN-10 : 1337109665
ISBN-13 : 9781337109666
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Book Synopsis Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society by : Mary Ann Lamanna

Download or read book Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society written by Mary Ann Lamanna and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a theme especially relevant to today's dynamic global environment: making choices in a diverse society. The authors use an engaging narrative to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms. The balanced presentation discusses a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., family ecology, structure-functional, interaction-constructionist, family systems, biosocial), emphasizing both social structure and the importance of individual agency, choice, and decision-making. Students are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.


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