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- Title
Paradigm Shifts in Family Sociology? Evidence from Three Decades of Family Textbooks.
- Authors
Mann, Susan A.; Grimes, Michael D.; Kemp, Alice Abel
- Abstract
This article explores paradigm shifts in family sociology from the 1960s to the 1990s using thematic content analysis of 7 multiple-edition texts. Two competing views on theoretical developments are examined. David Cheal claims that challenges posed to structural functionalist hegemony resulted i theoretical pluralism and an end to this hegemony. Dorothy of family sociology that they continue to govern major issues and debates. As late as the 1990s, we found that structural functionalism continued to frame many topics and debates in the majority of text even when new concepts and more critical literature were added. Notable exceptions were textbook treatments of African American families and gender issues. This suggests that the relative success of social movements in institutionalizing their goals may be an important factor in determining paradigm shifts.
- Subjects
AFRICAN American families; PLURALISM; CHEAL, David; SOCIAL change; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 1997, Vol 18, Issue 3, p315
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019251397018003005