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In Gratitude
Epigraph
Foreword: Nana Osei-Kofi
Foreword: Amy Hofer and Michaela Willi-Hooper
Dedication
Preface
1.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
1.2 The Family: A Socially Constructed Idea
1.3 A Historical Context for Today's Families
1.4 The Social Construction of Difference
1.5 The U.S. Government and Families
1.6 Looking Ahead
1.7 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
2.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
2.2 How and Why We Study Families
2.3 Research Methods and Applications to Studying Families
2.4 Learning about Families
2.5 Social Stratification
Elizabeth B. Pearce
2.6 Theories, Perspectives, and Key Concepts
2.7 What Is a Social Problem?
2.8 Looking Ahead
2.9 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
3.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
3.2 Introduction to Connection, Love, and Community
3.3 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
3.4 Love and Union Formation
Elizabeth B. Pearce and Nyssa Cronin
3.5 A Word about Marriage
3.6 Governmental Influences on Union Formations
3.7 Union Dissolution and Divorce
3.8 Looking Ahead
3.9 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
4.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
4.2 Nurturance: Caring for Others
Wesley Sharp and Elizabeth B. Pearce
4.3 Changing Demographics
4.4 Child and Family Theories and Perspectives
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Shyanti Franco; and Genna Watkins
4.5 The Overlap of Public Policy with Parenting
Genna Watkins
4.6 Socially Constructed Ideas: Form and Function
4.7 Looking Ahead
4.8 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
5.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
5.2 How Routines and Predictability Affect Children and Adults
5.3 Traditions and Rituals
5.4 Culture
5.5 Cultural Identities
5.6 Revival of the Hawaiian Language
5.7 Looking Ahead
5.8 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
6.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
6.2 Representation and Belonging
6.3 Decision-Making and Power
6.4 Working Outside of the System: Social Movements and Activism
6.5 Looking Ahead
6.6 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
7.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
7.2 Health, Wellness, Sickness, and Disease
7.3 Health Equity
7.4 Health and Health Insurance
7.5 Looking Ahead
7.6 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
8.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
8.2 Housing and Homes
8.3 The Influence of Institutions: Governments and Lending Institutions
8.4 Finding a Home: Inequities
8.5 Looking Ahead
8.6 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
9.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
9.2 What Children and Families Need to be Safe
9.3 Macro-Level and Micro-Level Factors Related to Safety
9.4 Freedom from Violence and Abuse
9.5 Access to Safety and Stability
9.6 Looking Ahead
9.7 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
10.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
10.2 Food and Food Production
10.3 Equitable Access to Food
10.4 Food Equity and Families
10.5 Access to Water and Sanitation
10.6 Systemic Uses of Water
10.7 Looking Ahead
10.8 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
11.1 Author’s Note
11.2 Chapter Learning Objectives
11.3 Justice: An Introduction
11.4 The Intersectionality of Justice
11.5 Treatment, Jail, or Justice?
11.6 Real Laws, Real Families
11.7 Looking Ahead
11.8 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
11.9 Key Terms
12.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
12.2 Experience, Expression, and Equity
12.3 Art, Media and Dominance
12.4 Looking Ahead
12.5 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
About the Publisher
Appendix A: Foundational Theory Table
Appendix B: Comparison of Family Rituals and Family Routines
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