Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods: A Contextual Approach

by William J. Doherty

Book Overview

Origins We call this book on theoretical orientations and methodological strategies in family studies a sourcebook because it details the social and personal roots (i.e., sources) from which these orientations and strategies flow. Thus, an appropriate way to preface this book is to talk first of its roots, its beginnings. In the mid 1980s there emerged in some quarters the sense that it was time for family studies to take stock of itself. A goal was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306442647
• ISBN13: 9780306442643
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.4" x 10.2"