Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313379505)

A groundbreaking collection of writings on the growing phenomenon of single-parent families in the United States, and how it impacts society as a whole.

Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future brings together in one volume a range of cutting-edge research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history. It is the only resource to make the most insightful and important work being done on the single-parent family phenomena accessible to general readers.

Focus on Single-Parent Families helps readers go beyond the stereotypes and look closely at the complexity of families with one parent and consider their place in society. It encompasses the wide variety of households with a single parent--a family structure that promises to continue to grow and diversify. Throughout, the book gauges the impact of the increasing number of single-parent families on the nation as a whole, particularly in regard to policies concerning family welfare, children's services and health care, schools, and other essential social institutions.

Author: Annice Yarber
ISBN-10: 0313379505
ISBN-13: 9780313379505
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2010
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 140