| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Definitions of Family | 第15-24页 |
| ·Family as Defined by the U.S. Census Bureau | 第16-18页 |
| ·Family as Defined by sociologists | 第18-20页 |
| ·Talcott Parsons’Nuclear Family Model | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Two Growing Family Diversity since 19605 | 第24-38页 |
| ·Four Demographic Trends | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Delay in Marriage | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Increase in Marital Instability | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Shift in Marital and Nonmarital Fertility | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Increase in Mothers' Employment | 第29-31页 |
| ·Changing Nuclear Family | 第31-34页 |
| ·Two Contrasting Views about the State of the American family | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Pessimistic View | 第34-35页 |
| ·An Optimistic View | 第35-36页 |
| ·Growing economic inequality across households | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Conservative Explanation: ''Expressive" Individualism | 第38-50页 |
| ·Individualistic Orientation | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Weakening of Marriage | 第41-50页 |
| ·The Rise in Independent Living | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Changing View of Sexuality | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Changing View of Marriage | 第45-50页 |
| Chapter Four Liberal Analysis: Economic Restructuring | 第50-59页 |
| ·Economic Transformation Since the 19505 | 第51-52页 |
| ·The decline in men’s wages | 第52-54页 |
| ·The increase in women's economic independence | 第54-56页 |
| ·Changing Norms of Family Life | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Toward a Consensus on Family Policy | 第59-70页 |
| ·The Family Policy Debates | 第61-64页 |
| ·Toward a Consensus on Family Policy? | 第64-70页 |
| ·The Conservative Viewpoint | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Liberal Viewpoint | 第66页 |
| ·A Practical Compromise | 第66-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| Notes | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-78页 |
