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Families: A Social Class Perspective

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By (author): Shirley A. Hill

A brief, impactful book that provides a contemporary analysis of how economics and social class affects the concept of family today

This book focuses on the impact of economic systems and social class on the organization of family life. Since the most vital function of the family is the survival of its members, the author give primacy to the economic system in structuring the broad parameters of family life. She explains how the economy shapes the prospects families have for earning a decent living by determining the location, nature, and pay associated with work.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 250g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Aug 2011
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781412998017

About Shirley A. Hill

Shirley A. Hill is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas where she studies family diver­sity social inequality and health care. She is the author of Race Work and Family: New Century Values Among African American Men and Women (co-edited with Marlese Durr; Rowman & Littlefield ©2006); Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships (AltaMira ©2005); African American Children: Their Socialization and Development in Families (SAGE ©1999); and other books and articles. Her current research focuses on racial disparities in educational attainment.

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