ISE PUBLIC & PRIVATE FAMILIES: INTRO

Andrew J. Cherlin is Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. He received a B.S. from Yale University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976. He is the author of the McGraw-Hill textbook, Public and Private Families: An Introduction. His other books include Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage (revised and enlarged edition, 1992), Divided Families: What Happens to Children when Parents Part (with Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., 1991), The Changing American Family and Public Policy (1988), and The New American Grandparent: A Place in the Family, A Life Apart (with Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., 1986). In 1989-1990 he was chair of the Family Section of the American Sociological Association. In 1999 he was president of the Population Association of America, the scholarly organization for demographic research.

Public and Private Families: An Introduction discusses the meaning of family, how it has evolved and continues to evolve, from both a private and public perspective. Andrew Cherlin guides students through an exploration of the history of families around the world in a way that prompts critical and sociological thinking. Public and Private Families: An Introduction defines the private family as our personal space, where we live most of our personal lives. Contrastingly, the public family is where we deal with broader societal issues and challenges. Cherlin invites students to take a close look at and assessment of gender, race, ethnicity and social class. Students are simultaneously prompted to explore the impact society, the workplace and public policy have on the family and family structures. The ninth edition of Public and Private Families: An Introduction includes expanded research and discussion on LGBTQ family life, and it also includes a new section on online matchmaking and commitment.

Part One IntroductionChapter 1 Public and Private FamiliesChapter 2 The History of the FamilyPart Two Gender, Class, and Race-EthnicityChapter 3 Gender and FamiliesChapter 4 Social Class and Family InequalityChapter 5 Race, Ethnicity, and FamiliesPart Three Sexuality, Partnership, and MarriageChapter 6 SexualitiesChapter 7 Cohabitation and MarriageChapter 8 Work and FamiliesPart Four Links across the GenerationsChapter 9 Children and ParentsChapter 10 Older People and Their FamiliesPart Five Conflict, Disruption, and ReconstitutionChapter 11 Domestic ViolenceChapter 12 Union Dissolution and RepartneringPart Six Family, Society, and WorldChapter 13 International Family ChangeChapter 14 The Family, the State, and Social Policy