Family Theories: An Introduction - Softcover

White, James M.; Martin, Todd F.; Adamsons, Kari

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506394906 ISBN 13: 9781506394909

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2019

Synopsis

Family Theories: An Introduction by James M. White, Todd F. Martin, and new co-author Kari Adamsons provides an incisive, thorough primer to current theories of the family that balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work in a concise manner. This best-selling text draws upon eight major theoretical frameworks developed by key social scientists to explain variation in family life. These frameworks include social exchange and choice, symbolic-interaction, family life course development, systems, conflict, feminist, ecological, and functional theories.

 

This new Fifth Edition includes suggestions for integrating theory to guide a research program and more applications for those going on to careers in the helping professions. With an increased focus on both classical theories as well as contemporary and emerging theories, this text challenges students to think about how families and family theories have changed over the last 70 years as well as where family scholarship is headed.

About this title

About the Author:

James M. White is a Professor in the School of Social Work and Family Studies at the University of British Columbia and resides with his wife and three daughters in Vancouver, Canada. His research interests include family development as well as marital interaction and communication. He is the author of Dynamics of Family Development (published in the U.S. in 1991 and translated into Japanese in 1994), as well as numerous articles that have appeared in the Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, Journal of Marriage and Family, and elsewhere. His authored and co-authored book chapters include a chapter with R. H. Rodgers on family development in the Sourcebook of Family Theories & Methods (1993). He has served as referee for numerous journals in family relations and public health and is an Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Public Health, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, and The International Encyclopedia of Family Relationships. He is a past-president of the Northwest Council on Family Relations, whose membership includes academics, practitioners, and therapists from the states and provinces of the Pacific Northwest.  He is also an Honorary Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations.

 

 

Review:

"This text offers a deeper level of theoretical analysis than other textbook options. It is particularly helpful for those preparing for graduate education."
Author: Bethany Willis Hepp, PhD

"This book does a great job of speaking of each theory--functionalism, social exchange, symbolic interaction, life course, etc.--in an easy to understand, digestible way for students."      
Author: Richard N Pitt

"It uses scientific language that is necessary to introduce students to the frameworks of theories in general, as well as those that are specifically used within the field of marital and familial studies." 
Author: Lauren Dick, M.S

"It is probably the most comprehensive text specifically on Family Theories that I have seen."
Author: Duane Alan Dowd, Ph.D.

"We chose the text because it covered the frameworks that we had already deemed appropriate. We also liked the

assumption/concept/prop format."
Author: Michelle Sherwood, Prof

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1506394906
• ISBN 13: 9781506394909
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 360