The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change (Third Edition)

By: Philip N. Cohen

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Synopsis: Learn the story—and the sociology—behind the data about today’s families. Philip Cohen’s The Family is an accessible, data-driven introduction to contemporary sociological thinking on families. Drawing on his expertise as a sociologist, demographer, and a teacher, Cohen uses data to elucidate key trends in family life and to show how the story of today’s families is a story of diversity, inequality, and social change. In the Third Edition, Cohen has strengthened the book’s coverage of same-sex relationships and revamped the treatment of gender identity, highlighting the most current research and data throughout the text. Innovative pedagogy, including more robust in-text workshops, get students thinking sociologically about their own families and relationships. This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.