Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy

by Marvin B. Sussman and Marvin B Sussman

Book Overview

Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy examines language use, laws, cultural stereotypes, media images, and social policies and practices to create an understanding of how predominant views about stepfamilies and stepfamily members are constructed within society. As the rates of divorce and remarriage continue to increase, it is more important than ever to overcome nuclear family ideology and abandon the model of research that compares stepfamilies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789003376
• ISBN13: 9780789003379
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 8.5"