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Lecture Notes



Lecture Notes

LEC #TOPICS
1Introduction to Course (PDF)
2The Origin of the Family (PDF)
3The Family in the Past I (PDF)
4The Family in the Past II (PDF)
5Definition of the Family I (PDF)
6Definition of the Family II
7Definition of the Family III: Culture and Ideology (PDF)
8Definition of the Family IV: Ethnic and Social Class Variability (PDF)
9Definition of the Family V: Gay and Lesbian Families; Adoption (PDF)
10The Effects of Changing Gender Roles on the Family
11Sexuality: The Social Context I (PDF)
12Sexuality: The Social Context II
13Marriage: Definitions, Functions, Variability (PDF)
14Parenting (PDF)
15Parenting: Changes (PDF)
16Parenting: Problems (PDF)
17Divorce I (PDF)
18Divorce II (PDF)
19Violence in the Family (PDF)
20Economic Issues and Problems I: Work - at Home and in the Workplace (PDF)
21Economic Issues and Problems II: Economic Change (PDF)
22Economic Issues and Problems III: Poverty, Genteel and Brutal (PDF)
23Economic Issues and Problems IV: Differential Rates of Poverty in Racial and Ethnic Groups (PDF)
24Economic Issues and Problems V: Diversity in Families (PDF)
25The US and Sweden ("The Ultimate Welfare State") Compared (PDF)
26The Longer Life Span

 








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