Shakespeare's domestic economies

Marriages and Families in the 21st Century provides an in-depth exploration of a traditional field of study using a new and engaging approach. The text covers all the important issues -- including parenting, divorce, aging families, balancing work and family, family violence, and gender issues -- using a bioecological framework that takes into account our status as both biological and social beings.
An accessible writing style coupled with numerous student-friendly pedagogical features help readers come to a multilayered understanding of "what makes families tick," while also challenging them to reevaluate their own assumptions and experiences.

Key features:
" Uses a bioecological model that takes into account our status as both biological and social beings
" Employs a strengths-based approach that focuses on family processes rather than structure in evaluating families' optimal health and happiness
" Incorporates discussion of neuroscience, medicine, and biopsychological research throughout
" Explores a wide diversity of family relationships, integrating issues of ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, and gender
" Focus on my Family boxes profile real families who wrote essays in their own words about their diverse experiences
" How Would You Measure That? sections encourage students to think critically about and analyze research design and conclusions
" Helps students analyze their own families' strengths and attempt to build on those through psychometrically sound self-assessments and Building Your Strengths exercises
" Engaging and accessible writing style incorporates contemporary, real-world examples with important theory and research
" Instructor's manual, test bank, PowerPoint lecture slides, and useful web links, as well as student self-test questions, available at www.wiley.com/go/howe