Contents
Foreword by Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.
Preface by Frances L. Beatman and Sanford N. Sherman
Introduction: The Family's Kinship Environment
Family Diagnosis
Environmental Diagnosis of the Family
Interchanges Between the Family and Its Environment
The Research Focus on Kinship
Choices of Research Strategy
Part One: The Problem and Sitting
Chapter 1. Kinship Concepts
Kinship Systems
Kinship and Society
Kinship, Family, and Personality
The Agency Setting
Presenting Problems of Client Families
Sociocultural Background of Client Families
Part Two: The Kin Relationships of Client Families
Chapter 3. The Kinship Values of Client Families
Content of Kinship Values
Values and Kinship Positions
The Extensiveness of Kin Ties
The Omnipresence of Kin: Proximity and Communications
The Binding Power of Assistance and Reciprocity
Chapter 5. Kin Groups and Assemblages
Ad Hoc Kin Assemblages
Family-Kin Businesses
Family Circles and Cousins Clubs
The Positive Impact of Kin on the Family
Levels of Conflicts with Kin
Regularities in Kin Relationships
Regularities in Conflicts with Kin
Part Three: Casework Intervention and Kinship Structure
Chapter 7. Casework Intervention in Relationships with Kin
Problems Brought Up in Casework Treatment
Forms of Intervention
Client Perceptions of Intervention
Chapter 8. Caseworkers and Clients: Contrasting Kinship Values and Experience
Comparison of Kinship Values
Comparison of Kin Relationships
Comparison of Conflicts with Kin
Therapeutic Relationships and Kinship Differences
Intervention, Interaction, and Conflict
Society and Intervention in Kin Relationships
Therapeutic Strategies
Epilogue: A Note on the Process and Application of Research in a Practice Setting
Who Formulates the Research Problem
Who Collects Research Data
When and How Research is Applied to Practice
Appendix: Research Methods
Bibliography
Index