Family Realities: A Global View

This comprehensive introduction to the sociology of family helps integrate a vast amount of subject within a unifying theoretical perspective. Applying the latest social science research, the text compares and explains current trends in family life and provides an interdisciplinary analysis of changing family realities in major societies both historically and today. The text defines the basic concepts of changing family realities, finding a partner, transitions and the probable and the possible families of the future. For individuals interested in exploring the family structure of past, present and future.