ISBN:
0415052289
,
0203359232
,
9780415052283
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 350 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage : A Systemic Approach
DDC:
306.87
Keywords:
Remarriage
;
Stepfamilies
;
Divorce
;
Family
;
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Abstract:
Looks thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the systemic theoretical framework
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of family case examples; Foreword by Dr Robin Skynner; Preface; Introduction: the post-nuclear family; The family as a system; The family as a system: models of intervention; Families through the divorce process: divorce as a private sorrow; Families through the divorce process: when divorce becomes a public issue; Becoming a stepfamily: starting out; Becoming a stepfamily: getting it together; Children during divorce and remarriage; Ways and means of intervening during divorce and remarriage: outside the courts
Description / Table of Contents:
Ways and means of intervening during the divorce process: 'Within the shadow of the law'complementary roles or adversarial partisans?; Can re-formed extended families become 'good enough'?; Afterword: the reformation of family policy; a second chance for families in transition?; Some useful addresses; References; Name index; Subject index; Postscript to the paperback edition
Note:
Pbk. reprint of the 1991 ed., with new postscript
,
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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