Organized around the unifying theme of gender roles and social change in contemporary society, Men, Women, and Change, 3/e examines what such changes mean for childhood socialization, relationship decisions, the expressive and instrumental dimensions of marriage, child-rearing, divorce and remarriage.

Men, Women, and Change: A Sociology of Marriage and Family

Politics & Social Sciences

Scanzoni, Letha Dawson

Scanzoni, John

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

Contemporary Families and Relationships makes extensive use of the New Action Theory, as Alexander calls it. Instead of focusing on structural-functionalism, the old action theory, which is based on the idea of static rules and norms required for a good society, this text is all about people's behavior in constructing fresh ways of doing things. This is reflected in the text's three themes: gender, diversity, and development. The author has combined these themes and the new action theory to highlight the way adults and children alike are struggling to responsibly reinvent family in our changing society. The text begins by tracing the shifting definitions of family from the eighteenth century to today, paying particular attention to the 1960s--the decade many sociologists claim ushered in the decline of the nuclear family. Separate chapters are then devoted to modern issues of family such as singles, couples living together, and even the abuse of children.

Contemporary Families and Relationships: Reinventing Responsibility

Self-Help

Relationships

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

A study of family relations among urban black Americans that explores the link between black family structure and economic resources

Black Family in Modern Society: Patterns of Stability and Security (A Phoenix Book ; P726)

University of Chicago Press

Is the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage?In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the "reward seeking" which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage.

Sexual Bargaining: Power Politics in the American Marriage

Sociology

Is the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage? In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the "reward seeking" which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage.

Parenting & Relationships

Universities As If Students Mattered: Social Science on the Creative Edge

Universities As If Students Mattered is a book about social/public policy in general, and higher education policy in particular. Scanzoni critiques the current undergraduate system of learning in the U.S. and proposes two closely allied innovations for the social sciences that would help make the student experience truly matter. The first innovation is a shift from what's been described as a "teaching" or "instructional" paradigm, to what's known as a "learning" paradigm or "discovery-based" learning. The second aims at serving society by addressing urgent social issues or problems in the educational process. Through these innovations, Scanzoni hopes to go a long way towards erasing the stigma that social science doesn't matter to anyone aside from its practitioners. Finally, Scanzoni discusses the use of "action research" to gain understanding, and do so by disturbing and/or redirecting the particular slice of the real world that one happens to be studying. By directly involving undergraduates in the Action Research process, they would simultaneously be connected to discovery-based learning, improving their education and the field of Socal Sciences as a whole.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Universities As If Students Mattered is a book about social/public policy in general, and higher education policy in particular. Scanzoni critiques the current undergraduate system of learning in the U.S. and proposes two closely allied innovations for the social sciences that would help make the student experience truly matter. The first innovation is a shift from what's been described as a 'teaching' or 'instructional' paradigm, to what's known as a 'learning' paradigm or 'discovery-based' learning. The second aims at serving society by addressing urgent social issues or problems in the educational process. Through these innovations, Scanzoni hopes to go a long way towards erasing the stigma that social science doesn't matter to anyone aside from its practitioners. Finally, Scanzoni discusses the use of 'action research' to gain understanding, and do so by disturbing and/or redirecting the particular slice of the real world that one happens to be studying. By directly involving undergraduates in the Action Research process, they would simultaneously be connected to discovery-based learning, improving their education and the field of Socal Sciences as a whole.

Politics & Government

Designing Families: The Search for Self and Community in the Information Age

Designing Families is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges facing the nuclear family as it enters the new millenium. John Scanzoni sets the issue of change in families in aN historical and cross-cultural perspective tracing the development of the family from the Agricultural Age to the Information Age.

Sage Publications, Inc.

Designing Families is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges facing the nuclear family as it enters the new millenium. John Scanzoni sets the issue of change in families in aN historical and cross-cultural perspective tracing the development of the family from the Agricultural Age to the Information Age.

Pine Forge Press

Family Decision-Making: A Developmental Sex Role Model (SAGE Library of Social Research)

The authors present a new model of the process of family decision-making that takes into account the importance of sex roles. They use a series of couples as examples that illustrate the model at various stages of the life cycle. They also consider how decision-making is changing. A major contribution to the study of sexual politics and bargaining within relationships.  ′The authors are to be commended for their attempt to bring order to the complexities of family decisioning, and their work should stimulate further research in the area. Their focussing upon couples and families rather than individuals and their extension of the concept of "family" to nontraditional arrangements also are commendable.′ -- Journal of Marriage

Szinovacz, Maximiliane E.

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Men, Women, and Change: A Sociology of Marriage and Family

Contemporary Families and Relationships: Reinventing Responsibility

Black Family in Modern Society: Patterns of Stability and Security (A Phoenix Book ; P726)

Sexual Bargaining: Power Politics in the American Marriage

Sexual Bargaining: Power Politics in the American Marriage

Universities As If Students Mattered: Social Science on the Creative Edge

Universities As If Students Mattered: Social Science on the Creative Edge

Designing Families: The Search for Self and Community in the Information Age

Designing Families: The Search for Self and Community in the Information Age

Family Decision-Making: A Developmental Sex Role Model (SAGE Library of Social Research)