Second Guessing the Experts

Thoughts on Family Agendas for the Eighties

Bibliographic Data

ID2587893
AuthorsJoan Aldous (corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume43
Issue2
Pages267
Publication date1981-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/351378
OpenAlexW2324542634
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited2

While reading over the prescriptions and predictions for the 1980s that Felix Berardo, Greer Litton Fox, Reuben Hill, and Jacqueline Wiseman have written for laborers in the family field, I was struck not only by their scope and judicious nature but also by the thematic overlaps. It is noteworthy when four scholars from different perspectives and temporal vantage points on the field press for similar developments. Before beginning my own reactions to their proposals, therefore, let me list these agreements. A continuing concern with family policy is something they all urge in one way or another. Also present on their agendas is an interest in the transactions and interconnections among families and the work setting, governmental agencies, schools, places of worship, and other institutional units that constitute the societal environment within which families operate. Finally, they predict that research will take two different directions. On the one hand, they see the need for consortiums and multidisciplinary research groups; on the other hand, they predict a resurgence of research initiated and implemented by individuals. Thus, they urge us either to think big, in organizational terms, or small, in personal terms

Field (mathematics · Field research · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Public relations · Reading (process · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Worship · Computer Science · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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