This text is now available in a new edition.
With Families: Changing Trends in Canada, Maureen Baker's aim has always been to create a Canadian textbook in family studies for post-secondary students, which incorporates an interdisciplinary, historical, comparative and mainly structural perspective, but which is inclusive of various theoretical perspectives. Now a market-leader that is widely adopted for the first course in Sociology of the Family, the NEW 5th Edition of Families: Changing Trends in Canada introduces four new contributors to the text, giving the text more balance while also allowing the book to benefit from some young, up-and-coming scholars in the field.
Revised to ensure up-to-date coverage of key issues in accordance with its high academic reputation, the fifth edition of Families: Changing Trends in Canada reflects the evolving nature of the family by paying increased attention to gay, lesbian and multicultural issues.