Family Careers

• Author(s): Joan Aldous,
• Publisher: SAGE
• Pages: 301
• ISBN_10: 0803951809
  ISBN_13: 9780803951808
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Counseling / Career Development , Family & Relationships / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Social Work , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... Family Careers makes use of the developmental approach to studying families in order to present a clear, up-to-date account of the changes in families from the time they are formed until they are dissolved. Particular emphasis is given to: the influence of social contexts on patterns of family interaction over time; and the family as a social context within which individual members develop.

A coherent and manageable presentation of systems theory informs the argument, and the inherent limitations of the developmental perspective are recognized.