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Black and Latino families are in fact highly family-oriented and want to be involved in exchange networks but, because they are economically disenfranchised, they are prevented from participation. The vitriolic debate on welfare reform currently sweeping the nation assumes that if institutional mechanisms of social support are eliminated, impoverished families will simply rely on an extensive web of kinship networks for their survival. The political discourse surrounding poverty and welfare reform has an increasingly racial undertone. Implementation of social policy that presupposes the availability of family safety nets in minority communities could have disastrous consequences for many without extended kin networks. Many scholars and political analysts assume that thriving kin and non-kin social support networks continue to characterize minority family life. Policy recommendations based on these underlying assumptions may lead to the implementation of harmful social policy. No More Kin examines extended kinship networks among African American, Chicano, Puerto-Rican, and non-Hispanic white families in contemporary America and seeks to provide an integrated theoretical framework for examining how the simultaneity of gender, race, and class oppression affects minority family organization. Breaking new ground in a variety of fields, No More Kin is sure to become a valuable resource for students and professionals in family studies, gender studies, and race/ethnic studies.
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Roschelle's study reveals clear thinking and direct communication of highly complex issues. Her carefully executed and compelling research uses an integrative approach addressing simultaneously how gender, class, and race affect the social organization of families. Network theory has moved a long way since Elizabeth Bott's classic study Family and Social Network (1959). Working with data from the National Survey of Families and Households, Roschelle disentangles the determinants of informal social support networks for African American, Puerto Rican, Chicano, and non-Hispanic white families. She presents and critiques the cultural, structural, and integrative approaches, while evaluating the veracity of major empirical contributions in these areas. This work is sufficiently significant to stir controversies among adherents of both the structural and cultural perspectives in family research, as her study contradicts fundamental findings from both perspectives. Roschelle suggests future research avenues and addresses the theoretical and policy implications of her work. An absolute must for professionals and upper level students in any area of family science. Y. Peterson; Saint Xavier University
目录
The Cultural Context of Care |
The Structural Context of Care |
The Culture-Structure Nexus |
Race, Class and Gender |
Modeling the Intersections |
A New Context Emerges |
Takin' Care |
The Role of Women |
Helping Out |
The Role of Men |
No More Kin |