Advancing Family Theories

<p><strong>Advancing Family Theories </strong>explores two contemporary theories of the family - rational choice theory and transition theory. These diametrically different approaches illuminate what differing theories reveal about families. The book also discusses how meta-theories can assist in building and refining theory and offers insight on the understanding versus explanation debate. <strong>Advancing Family Theories</strong> gives students a precise notion of what a theory is and how theories work in research. The book not only looks at philosophical realms but also examines particular substantive theory to explain and predict family behaviors.<br /><strong><br />Advancing Family Theories</strong> <span style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; mso-fareast-font-family: times new roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA>is an excellent supplement to <b style=mso-bidi-font-weight: normal>Family Theories Second Edition</b> (SAGE 2002) or is effective on its own. </span>The book helps students with the task of taking abstract and very general theories and reducing them to a level of specific research models and hypotheses.</p>