Feuds about Families Conservative, Centrist, Liberal, and Feminist Perspectives

Name: Feuds about Families Conservative, Centrist, Liberal, and Feminist Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780139124600

ISBN-10: 0139124608

ISBN-13: 9780139124600

Edition: 2000

Authors: Nijole V. Benokraitis

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A core text or supplement for courses in Marriage and the Family and Sociology of the Family This unique anthology providesin a single, affordable sourcereadings that represent the three major perspectives conservative, centrist, liberal/feministon 16 important and controversial marriage and family-related topics. It offers an alternative to the other taking sides and opposing viewpoints readers on the market, and features solid pedagogy that encourages students to sort intelligently through the issues and perspectives, to think for themselves, and to developinformed opinions. Edited by one of the best selling Marriage and the Family authors, Nijole V. Benokraitis.

Book details

List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/4/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 9.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Introduction



Who's Who in the Family Wars: A Characterization of the Major Ideological Factions




How Family Wars Affect Us: Four Models of Family Change and Their Consequences




Defining Marriage and Family Issues



Current Perspectives on the Family


Conservative


The Breakdown of the Family



Centrist


A Communitarian Position on the Family



Liberal/Feminist: Stephanie Coontz, Why We Miss the 1950s



Family Values


Conservative


The Family-Values Debate



Centrist


The Revolution in Family Norms



Liberal/Feminist


The New Crusade for the Old Family




Women's and Men's Family Roles


Conservative


Women Should Domesticate Men for Marriage



Centrist


Gender Roles: A Taboo Subject



Liberal/Feminist


Remaking Marriage and Family Roles




Love, Sex, and Marriage



Love and Courtship


Conservative


The End of Courtship



Centrist


Love and Individualism



Liberal/Feminist: Carol Tavris, Women as Love's Experts and Love's Victims



Sex and Cohabitation


Conservative: Laura Schlessinger, Stupid Cohabitation: The Ultimate Female Self-Delusion


Centrist


How Therapists Threaten Marriages



Liberal/Feminist


Why Get Married?




Marriage


Conservative


The Benefits of Marriage



Centrist


Social Science Finds: "Marriage Matters."



Liberal/Feminist


Feminism and Marital Equality




Parents and Children



Single-Parent Families


Conservative: Bryce Christensen, Imperiled Infants


Centrist: David Popenoe, The Carnage of Declining Marriage and Fatherhood


Liberal/Feminist: Judith Stacey, The Father Fixation



Raising Children


Conservative


Spare the Rod?



Centrist


Conservative vs. Mains