Designed for courses in Marriage and the Family, and Sociology of the Family. 
This Canadian text provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, structure, history, and future of the family. It examines up-to-the-minute topics such as the effects of evolving gender roles and attitudes toward sexual orientation.

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (2nd Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Tepperman, Lorne

McDaniel, Susan A.

Social Sciences

Pearson Canada

Appropriate for 1-semester courses in Marriage and the Family, and Sociology of the Family. 
Focuses on applications and theory for one semester courses. Several overarching themes help organize the material: an emphasis on processes (interaction, communication, cooperation and empathy) found in all families rather than on the specific forms of the family; the fact that the family is becoming more rather than less important, the constant tension between families, schools and work; and historical changes and cross-national comparisons. With a new chapter on Family Dynamics.

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families, Brief Edition

Sociology

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (3rd Edition)

Close Relations focuses on families in terms of what they do rather than the shape they take. Fully updated for the fifth edition, this text continues to provide a focus on applications and theory: what works for families, for us as individuals, and for society, with a special focus on the variations in family processes, forms, and structures.

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (5th Edition)

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families, Loose Leaf Version (5th Edition)

Close Relations stresses family process over structure, diversity over uniformity, and reality over myth. This Canadian text explores the new kinds of family relations and forms created by shifting patterns and demands of work in post-modern societies. Close Relations is unique in its focus on applications and theory: what works for families, for us as individuals, and for society.

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families, Fourth Edition (4th Edition)

Pearson Education Canada

States and Markets: Sociology of Public Policy in Canada

Um, Seong-gee

Oxford University Press

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