TY - BOOK AU - White,James M. AU - Klein,David M. TI - Family theories / T2 - (Sage Focus Editions ; SN - 9781412937481 PY - 2008/// CY - London : PB - SAGE KW - lemac KW - Família KW - Investigació KW - Sociologia KW - Metodologia KW - Filosofia KW - SOCIOLOGÍA DE LA FAMILIA KW - popin KW - SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY KW - CAMBIO SOCIAL KW - SOCIAL CHANGE KW - FAMILIA NUCLEAR KW - NUCLEAR FAMILY KW - HISTORIA KW - HISTORY KW - VALOR DE LOS HIJOS KW - VALUE OF CHILDREN KW - TEORÍA KW - THEORY KW - RELACIONES FAMILIARES KW - FAMILY RELATIONS KW - FAMILIA KW - FAMILY N1 - Inclou referències bibliogràfiques i índex N2 - An incisive, thorough introduction to current theories of the family, this text balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work with the conciseness needed for ease of use in a one-semester course for upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Through two editions, this best-selling text has drawn upon seven 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, and ecological. Readers of the Third Edition will welcome the addition of an eighth framework - funcitional theories - along with more suggestions for integrating theory to guide a research program and more applications for those going on to careers in the helping professions ER -