New Family Values: Liberty, Equality, Diversity

By Karen Struening

How many different kinds of families are there? New Family Values provides a critical analysis of scholars and authors who argue that law and policy should be used to foster one model of the family-the intact, two-parent, heterosexual family. Karen Struening argues that this position does not adequately address the problem it supposedly solves-family dissolution-and unnecessarily constrains personal liberty. Healthy families may be necessary for civic unity and individual stability, but there can be many different kinds of families.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742512312
• ISBN13: 9780742512313
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"