Topics and Readings for Monday and Friday Seminars:

Week Topics

I Intro: Data, Issues and Arguments-- Popenoe (vii-188)

II Historical View of the Family from the Left---Coontz (all)

III Present View of the Family from the Right --- Blankenhorn (all)

IV Structuralist View of the Family ---Stacey (all) and Sidel (xi-165)

V A Study of Single Parenting --- McLanahan (all)

VI African American Families in Post War America -- Reader (all)

VII A Study of Unwed Fathers --- Lerman and Ooms

VIII Teenage Mothers --- Luker (all)

IX Child Abuse and Foster Care--- Gelles (all) and Sheehan (all)

X Public Policy Proposals --- Neely (all) Popenoe (191-228)

Sidel (166-199)