The family dynamic : Canadian perspectives

Ward, Margaret (author.). Bélanger, Marc, 1967- (author.).

Summary: The Family Dynamic: Canadian Perspectives provides a comprehensive, down-to-earth, current overview of the constellations of family forms in Canada in the twenty-first century. It broadens students’ understanding of the pluralism of family forms in Canada by including lived experiences in the form of first-person narratives at the beginning of every chapter and real case studies at the end of each chapter, helping future human service workers, social workers, early childhood educators, child and youth care workers, and sociologists understand the wide range of family issues with which they will come into contact. Uniquely, this text paints a vivid picture of family life in this moment in time through comprehensible, straightforward, conversational language that captures students’ imaginations as they explore family forms beyond their own.

Record details

ISBN: 9780176660871
ISBN: 0176660879
ISBN: 9780176531928 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0176531920 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 490 Pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Nelson Education Ltd., [2015]
Copyright: ©2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-479) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part One: The Family -- Chapter 1: What Is a Family? -- Chapter 2: History, Culture, and Canadian Families -- Part Two: The Couple Relationship: Merging Differences -- Chapter 3: Getting Together -- Chapter 4: Wedding Bells … or not -- Part Three: The Expanding Family -- Chapter 5: Children—Yes or No? -- Chapter 6: Bringing Up Baby -- Part Four: The Middle Years of the Family -- Chapter 7: The Middle Years of the Family and the Not-So-Empty Nest -- Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years -- Part Five: Changes in the Family -- Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Family—The Future Majority? -- Chapter 10: Coming Apart—The Divorce Experience -- Chapter 11: The Second Time Around -- Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work -- Part Six: Social Problems in the Family -- Chapter 13: The Family Beleaguered—When Problems Come -- Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Home—Violence in the Family -- Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family -- Part 7: The Future of Canadian Families -- Chapter 16: The Crystal Ball—Predicting the Future of the Family -- Appendix: Major Sociological Theories