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This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed.            An integrated approach to the historical, cultural, social, and political influences upon marriages and families Exploring Marriages and Families helps students gain a thorough understanding of the social context in which they live and the relevance of social science to their lives. Author Karen Seccombe captures the compelling relationship and family issues of our time via a fresh perspective – one that places individual relationships in their social context so that students can more fully understand why they make the choices they do. The Third Edition has been updated to reflect the latest data and scholarship and includes new content that reflects the contemporary state of marriages and families to boost relevance to students’ lives.

Table of Contents:
Brief Contents PART I: FAMILIES AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS: KEY CONCEPTS Why Study Families and Other Close Relationships? Social Status: Sex, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class PART II: THE FOUNDATIONS OF RELATIONSHIPS Building Relationships Love and Loving Relationships Sexual Identity, Behavior, and Relationships Communication, Conflict, and Power in Our Relationships Marriage PART III: PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN Thinking about Parenthood Raising Children Families and the Work They Do PART IV: FAMILY STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, AND REORGANIZATION Family Stress and Crisis: Violence among Intimates The Process of Divorce Family Life, Partnering, and Remarriage after Divorce Families in Middle and Later Life Looking Ahead: Helping Families Flourish

About the Author :
Karen Seccombe is a proud community college graduate (Go Citrus!) and a first-generation college student. She is now a professor in the School of Public Health at Portland State University, located in Portland, Oregon. She received her B.A. in sociology at California State University, Chico; her M.S.W. in health and social welfare policy from the University of Washington; and her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University. Karen is the author of Social Problems, with W. Kornblum and J. Julian (Pearson); “So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?”: Welfare Recipients’ Perspectives on the System and Its Reform (Pearson); Families and Their Social Worlds (Pearson); Just Don’t Get Sick: Access to Healthcare in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform, with K. A. Hoffman (Rutgers University Press); and Families in Poverty (Pearson). She is a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations, and a member of the American Sociological Association and the Pacific Sociological Association, where she has held elective offices. Karen lives in the San Juan Islands, located off the northwest coast of Washington with her husband Richard, a health economist, her sixteen-year-old daughter, Natalie Rose, her fourteen-year-old daughter, Olivia Lin, and her two Australian Shepherds, Stella and Bart. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking, international travel, and hanging out with her pack. In spring 2017, she taught in the Semester at Sea program, and, along with 550 college students, traveled to Japan, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Ghana, and Morocco.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780134708201
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 25 mm
  • No of Pages: 528
  • Weight: 454 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0134708202
  • Publisher Date: 13 Jun 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 25 mm


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