Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives 1st Edition Solutions

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Nuclear Family Values Extended Family Lives shows how the current emphasis on the nuclear family � with its exclusion of the extended family � is narrow even deleterious and misses much of family life. This omission is tied to gender race and class.This book is broken down into�six chapters. Chapter one discusses how when promoting "family values" and talking about "family as the basic unit of American society" social commentators politicians and social scientists alike typically ignore extended kin ties and focus only on the nuclear family. Chapters two and three show that the focus on marriage and the nuclear family is a narrow view that ignores the familial practices and experiences of many Americans � particularly those of women who do much of the work of maintaining kin ties and racial/ethnic minorities for whom extended kin are centrally important. Chapter four focuses on class and economic inequality and explores how an emphasis on the nuclear family may actually promulgate a vision of family life that dismisses the very social resources and community ties that are critical to the survival strategies of those in need. In chapter five the authors argue that marriage actually detracts from social integration and ties to broader communities. Finally in chapter six�the authors suggest�that the focus on marriage and the nuclear family and the inattention to the extended family distort and reduce the power of social policy in the United States.Read more