Social Theory and the Family (RLE Social Theory)
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory Ser.
An experienced teacher of courses on the sociology of the family, D.H.J. Morgan frequently encounters a gulf between 'the family' as it is often treated in sociological texts and 'the family' as it is usually experienced. In this book he provides an extremely valuable bridge between the two by presenting an encounter between some of the mainstream theoretical approaches and concerns in the sociology of the family and what he terms as 'critical' perspectives on the family.This is the first British book on a basic social institution that takes into account the literature outside the mainstream o