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Title:
Family: the first imperative : a symposium in search of root causes of family strength and family disintegration / edited by William J. O'Neill, Jr.
Publisher:
William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation,
Copyright Date:
c1995
Description:
iv, 344 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Family--United States.
Other Authors:
O'Neill, William J.,
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Poverty in the African-American community : perspectives and approaches -- Successful stepfamilies -- Family-friendly communities : a movement toward mutual empowerment and strength -- The vanishing American father -- Families, institutions, and the problem of social isolation -- The dissolution of the American family -- Stemming family disintegration : causes, symptoms, and the role of psychosocial skill-training -- Putting families first : creating the leaders of the next generation -- Poverty in the African-American community : perspectives and approaches --
[cont.] Families in the 1990s : the changing picture of who we are. Low-income African-American families : a child's perspective -- Redesigning services using an assets approach -- The individual within the family unit : genetic input and behavioral dynamics -- Community virtues : the impact on families -- Human service agencies and families : what they've done, what they can do -- Redefining families : a look at roles and rules -- On the disintegration of social institutions : the fate of marriage and family -- Rainforests, families, and communities : ecological perspectives on exile, return, and reconstruction -- The deterioration of the modern family -- The decline of marriage as the social basis of childbearing -- Balancing family, work, and leisure -- Families in the 1990s : the changing picture of who we are.
ISBN:
9780964922006
0964922002
OCLC:
(OCoLC)34474508
(OCoLC)34490716
LCCN:
95071661
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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