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The New Family?
By Carol Smart (editor) and Elizabeth B. Silva (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Sage Pubns
Publication date December 1, 1998
Pages 177
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780761958550
ISBN-10 076195855X
Dimensions 0.50 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight 0.80 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $124.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. Most politicians and researchers have viewed these changes as harmful, suggesting that the family as an institution should not alter.

The `New' Family? challenges these dominant views. Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather

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from Sage Pubns (December 1, 1998)
9780761958550 | details & prices | 177 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $124.00
About: Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation.
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from Sage Pubns Ltd (February 8, 1999)
9780761958567 | details & prices | 177 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $58.00
About: Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation.

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