The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change - Softcover

Cohen, Philip N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393933954 ISBN 13: 9780393933956

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

Synopsis

Learn the facts and debunk the fictions about contemporary families.

Looking at modern families through the context of diversity, inequality, and social change, FamilyInequality.com blogger and demographer Philip N. Cohen brings a fresh approach to the sociological study of family life. The text features a wealth of original, interactive graphics of contemporary family trends and encourages students to be savvy consumers of media. Integrated workshops based on activities from Cohen’s undergraduate course give students the opportunity to apply what they learn in the book to their own lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip N. Cohen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, is the founder of the blog FamilyInequality.com. He has published extensively on the gender division of labor within families, and between men and women outside of families. He is a correspondent for The Atlantic, has written op-eds for the New York Times, and has appeared on NPR and MSNBC. You can follow Philip N. Cohen on Twitter at @familyunequal.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0393933954
• ISBN 13: 9780393933956
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592