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9780761985662 Academic Inspection Copy

Designing Families

The Search for Self and Community in the Information Age
  • ISBN-13: 9780761985662
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By John Scanzoni
  • Price: AUD $233.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/07/1999
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 288 pages Weight: 400g
  • Categories: Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK]
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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.
New Families - New Ideas PART ONE: DESIGNING FAMILIES PAST AND PRESENT An Unfinished Revolution The 1940s Nonconnected Family Style A Continuing Revolution The 1950s to the Present Cohousing as Family Reform PART TWO: INVENTING THE FUTURE BY COMPLETING THE REVOLUTION Empowering Women Balancing the Private and Public Spheres Empowering Children and Youth Making Parenting Public Empowering the Community Making the Private Political Conclusion The Revolution That Never Ends
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