Understanding the Family 2/e Harriet McAtee In the elements that make

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Understanding the Family 2/e Harriet McAtee In the elements that makeAn introductory textbook in family studies. The contributors demonstrate how "the family" is constituted in the public and private spheres, and outline the tensions that exist between the dominant assumptions of state and society and the lived realities and everyday experiences of family life. The book draws on a range of theoretical perspectives from sociology, social policy and psychology to examine the assumptions about "the family" that are