1st Edition
American Families and the Future Analyses of Possible Destinies
313 Pages
by
Routledge
313 Pages
by
Routledge
313 Pages
by
Routledge
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As the world heads into the twenty-first century, individuals and their families are being confronted with a more diverse array of possible life experiences than has ever existed before. Changes in longevity, marriage, fertility, employment, and many other areas have created new opportunities for individual and family choice and variability in life course experiences. American Families and the... Read more
Contents
Expanding Choice in Long Term Planning for Family Futures
- I. Demographic Issues
- Recent Demographic Change: Implications for Families Planning for the Future
- II. Social and Economic Issues
- Present and Future Health Care for an Aging Society: A Proactive Self-Health Approach
- Intergenerational Issues in Long Term Planning
- Social Programs for Families in Poverty: Past Impacts and Future Prospects
- III. Technological Issues
- Issues of Technology’s Possible Futures
- Technological Change, Sexuality, and Family Futures Planning
- IV. Family Process in Shaping the Future
- Theoretical Issues in Researching Problem Solving in Families
- Problem-Solving and Decision-Making as Central Processes of Family Life: An Ecological Framework for Family Relations and Family Resource Management
- Rethinking Family Decision Making: A Family Decision Making Model Under Constraints on Time and Information
- Adolescents’ Contributions to Family Decision Making
- V. Family Vision in Creating the Future
- Family Futures: Possibilities, Preferences and Probabilities
- The Family Peace Connection: Implications for Constructing the Reality of the Future
- The Heart of the Story: Mythology in Service of the Past, Contemporary, and Future Family
- VI. Epilogue
- Families in Time to Come:Taking a Position on Trends and Issues
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Roma S Hanks, Marvin B Sussman, Barbara H Settles
