Exploring Family Theories
2nd Edition
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-19-537771-2 (ISBN)
Description
Written by a team of experts, Exploring Family Theories, Second Edition, is a combined text/reader that integrates theory with research and applications. Presenting a diverse variety of perspectives, it offers students a unique and highly readable introduction to family theories.
In each chapter, Suzanne R. Smith, Raeann R. Hamon, Bron B. Ingoldsby, and J. Elizabeth Miller present the history, scholarship, and critiques of each principal family theory in a concise and student-friendly manner. Numerous illustrations and examples augment and clarify content, while application questions help students relate each theory to the real world. After each chapter, a follow-up journal article exemplifies how each theory is used to guide actual research.
Now in its second edition, Exploring Family Theories features contemporary-rather than historical-readings and a completely updated literature review. This edition also addresses issues of diversity throughout.
Clear, comprehensive, and concise, Exploring Family Theories, Second Edition, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in family theory.
In each chapter, Suzanne R. Smith, Raeann R. Hamon, Bron B. Ingoldsby, and J. Elizabeth Miller present the history, scholarship, and critiques of each principal family theory in a concise and student-friendly manner. Numerous illustrations and examples augment and clarify content, while application questions help students relate each theory to the real world. After each chapter, a follow-up journal article exemplifies how each theory is used to guide actual research.
Now in its second edition, Exploring Family Theories features contemporary-rather than historical-readings and a completely updated literature review. This edition also addresses issues of diversity throughout.
Clear, comprehensive, and concise, Exploring Family Theories, Second Edition, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in family theory.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
10 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-537771-2 (9780195377712)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Suzanne R. Smith is Associate Professor of Human Development, Associate Chair, and Program Director at Washington State University, Vancouver.
Raeann R. Hamon is Distinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology and Chair of the Human Development and Family Science Department at Messiah College.
The late Bron B. Ingoldsby was Associate Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University.
J. Elizabeth Miller is Associate Professor of Family and Child Studies at Northern Illinois University.
Raeann R. Hamon is Distinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology and Chair of the Human Development and Family Science Department at Messiah College.
The late Bron B. Ingoldsby was Associate Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University.
J. Elizabeth Miller is Associate Professor of Family and Child Studies at Northern Illinois University.
Author
Associate Professor of Human Development, Associate Chair, and Program DirectorAssociate Professor of Human Development, Associate Chair, and Program Director, Washington State University, Vancouver
Distinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology and Chair of the Human Development and Family Science DepartmentDistinguished Professor of Family Science and Gerontology and Chair of the Human Development and Family Science Department, Messiah College
Associate Professor of Family LifeAssociate Professor of Family Life, Brigham Young University
Associate Professor of Family and Child StudiesAssociate Professor of Family and Child Studies, Northern Illinois University
Content
INTRODUCTION ; WHAT IS THEORY? ; THEORY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ; FAMILY THEORY ; TEXT ORGANIZATION ; CHAPTER ONE: SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER TWO: STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER THREE: FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER FOUR: FAMILY STRESS THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER FIVE: FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMONS AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER SIX: CONFLICT THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER SEVEN: SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER EIGHT: FEMINIST THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION ; CHAPTER NINE: BIOSOCIAL THEORY ; HISTORY ; BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ; PRIMARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS ; COMMON AREAS OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ; CRITIQUE ; APPLICATION