Brooks/Cole Human Behavior in the Social Environment and the Family Organization

This volume focuses on the family, group, organization and community influences on human development, with particular attention paid to the patterns and consequences of discrimination and oppression. Coverage includes: diverse family lifestyles (two-parent families, single-parent families, gay and lesbian families, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and class differences); various types of group membership (norms, group conformity, group goals, and leadership and power issues); social welfare organizations (goals of organizations, the bureaucratic environment, and communication processes); and concept, function and structure of a community as a system (racial and ethnic communities).