The American family has undergone tremendous change over the last century: family size has decreased, mothers of young children have entered the labor market in large numbers, the divorce rate and the rate of births to single mothers have risen, and relationships between generations within a family have grown more distant. This course will examine these and related changes and attempt to understand what their causes and effects are and the role that public policy plays in causing the changes or responding to them. This course may be counted toward concentrations in Public Policy and Women's Studies.
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