Contemporary Families – An Equity Lens (Pearce) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)

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Contemporary Families – An Equity Lens (Pearce) (CC BY)This openly licensed text, created with students, approaches contemporary families from an equity lens. It asks two questions relevant to the Difference, Power, and Discrimination outcomes at Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University: “What do families need?” and “How do society and institutions support or get …

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Sociology of the Family (Hammond) (CC BY)

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In all societies, the family is the premier institution for all of the following: socialization of children, adult intimate relationships, life-long economic support and cooperation, and continuity of relationships along the life-course. Sociologists are leaders among scientists who study the family. They have functioned in a core assessment role for describing, explaining, and predicting family-based …

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