Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change empowers and challenges students to examine their personal belief systems and societal views to make informed choices and decisions about their own marriage, family and intimate relationships.  Within an engaging narrative and a sociological approach, the text addresses the many issues facing marriages and families today, and provides many opportunities for the student to consider and apply the material they are learning in the course to their own lives.

Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change

Schwartz, Mary Ann

Health, Fitness & Dieting

PRENTICE/HALL

Taking an historical, cross-cultural, and global approach, this book focuses on the link between social structure and the everyday lives of people's diverse experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. It shows how contemporary families go well beyond the traditional, heterosexual, two-parent, white, middle class family and heterosexual legally-sanctioned marriage; challenges the assumption that one culture's way of doing things is the “natural” or “right” way; shows how marriage and family life have changed historically over time and from place to place; and how political and economic globalization impacts families worldwide. Features extensive boxed material accompanied by questions for personal reflection. Marriages and Families Over Time. Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families. Understanding Gender: Its Influence In Intimate Relationships. The Many Faces of Love. Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Nonmarital Lifestyles. The Marriage Experience. Reproduction and Parenting. Evolving Work and Family Structures. Violence and Abuse. The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States. Remarriage and Remarried Families. Families in Later Life. Marriages and Families in the Twenty-first Century: U.S. and World Trends. For anyone interested in marriage and family dynamics, including individuals, counselors, nurses, social workers, home economists, etc.

Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change (4th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Scott, BarBara Marliene

Schwartz, Mary Ann A.

Social Sciences

Taking an historical, cross-cultural, and global approach, this book focuses on the link between social structure and the everyday lives of people's diverse experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. It shows how contemporary families go well beyond the traditional, heterosexual, two-parent, white, middle class family and heterosexual legally-sanctioned marriage; challenges the assumption that one culture's way of doing things is the “natural” or “right” way; shows how marriage and family life have changed historically over time and from place to place; and how political and economic globalization impacts families worldwide. Features extensive boxed material accompanied by questions for personal reflection. Marriages and Families Over Time. Ways of Studying and Explaining Marriages and Families. Understanding Gender: Its Influence In Intimate Relationships. The Many Faces of Love. Dating, Coupling, and Mate Selection. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships. Nonmarital Lifestyles. The Marriage Experience. Reproduction and Parenting. Evolving Work and Family Structures. Violence and Abuse. The Process of Uncoupling: Divorce in the United States. Remarriage and Remarried Families. Families in Later Life. Marriages and Families in the Twenty-first Century: U.S. and World Trends. For anyone interested in marriage and family dynamics, including individuals, counselors, nurses, social workers, home economists, etc.

Marriages And Families: Diversity And Change

Pearson College Div

Marriage & Families: Diversity and Change : Study Guide

Self-Help

Relationships

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Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change -- Books a la Carte (8th Edition)

Scott, BarBara

Sociology

Pearson

A sociological approach that prompts students to examine their own beliefs and behavior Revel™ Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change helps students to see the links between social structure and their own personal experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Using a sociological and feminist–womanist perspective, authors Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott encourage the application of the sociological imagination to everyday life, empowering students to make more informed lifestyle decisions. The Eighth Edition has been updated with new research in the field as well as coverage of contemporary topics that engage students in the course. Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience — for less than the cost of a traditional textbook. NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

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A sociological approach that prompts students to examine their own beliefs and behavior Revel(TM) Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change helps students to see the links between social structure and their own personal experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Using a sociological and feminist--womanist perspective, authors Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott encourage the application of the sociological imagination to everyday life, empowering students to make more informed lifestyle decisions. The Eighth Edition has been updated with new research in the field as well as coverage of contemporary topics that engage students in the course. Revel is Pearson's newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience - for less than the cost of a traditional textbook. NOTE: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

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A sociological approach that prompts students to examine their own beliefs and behavior Revel™ Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change helps students to see the links between social structure and their own personal experiences of marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Using a sociological and feminist—womanist perspective, authors Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott encourage the application of the sociological imagination to everyday life, empowering students to make more informed lifestyle decisions. The Eighth Edition has been updated with new research in the field as well as coverage of contemporary topics that engage students in the course. Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience – for less than the cost of a traditional textbook. NOTE: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

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Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change

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Marriages And Families: Diversity And Change

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