This reader serves as both an excellent companion to other texts in the sociology of marriage and the family, and as a useful source of information on its own. Cherlin has written this book as a perfect supplement to his Public and Private Families text; its 16 chapters, which address contemporary issues such as the history of the family, welfare and welfare reform, divorce and stepparenting, and teen pregnancy, complement the 16 chapters in Cherlin's other text. The author introduces each chapter, providing helpful lead-ins to the readings that follow. Using a well-balanced mix of highly accessible selections from the popular press as well as articles from several scholarly journals, this text contains 29 readings which address both public and private perspectives on the family.

Public and Private Families: A Reader

Politics & Social Sciences

Andrew J. Cherlin

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

Nationally recognized for its sound scholarship and balanced approach and written by one of the leading authorities in the field, this text examines the family through two lenses: the familiar private family in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family in which we, as adults, deal with broader societal issues such as the care of the elderly, the increase in divorce, and childbearing outside of marriage. The book looks at intimate personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. Distinctive chapters - Chapter 9, "Children and Parents;" Chapter 10, "Older Persons and Their Families;" and Chapter 14, "The Family, the State and Social Policy" - examine issues of great current interest, such as income assistance to poor families, the effects of out-of-home childcare, and the costs of the Social Security and Medicare programs.

Public and Private Families: An Introduction

Parenting & Relationships

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Public and Private Families (An Introduction, Oregon State University Custom Edition) by Andrew J Cherlin (2010-05-03)

Sociology

The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.

Public and Private Families: An Introduction 7th Edition Oregon State Edition

Public & Private families 7th edition (oregon state edition)

mcgraw/hill learning solutions

As the title suggests, Public and Private Families: An Introduction, seventh edition, discusses the family in two senses: the private family, in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family, in which we, as adults, deal with broader societal issues such as the care of the frail elderly, the increase in divorce, and childbearing outside of marriage. The book examines intimate personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. Distinctive chapters examine contemporary issues such as income assistance to poor families, the effects of out-of-home childcare, and the costs of Social Security and Medicare programs. A companion reader to this textbook, Public and Private Families: A Reader, seventh edition, with 14 same-named chapters, has 34 readings from both the popular press and academic journals. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective. It provides tools that make assessment easier, learning more engaging, and studying more efficient. For instance, Connect contains SmartBook, the first and only adaptive reading experience available for the higher education market. Powered by the intelligent and adaptive LearnSmart engine, SmartBook facilitates the reading process by identifying what content a student knows and doesn’t know. As a student reads Public and Private Families: An Introduction, the material continuously adapts to ensure that he or she is focused on the content most crucial to closing specific knowledge gaps.

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