Synopses & Reviews
A clearly written textbook, Social Interaction and Personal Relationships explores the interactions between people as they develop relationships with each other and examines what lies behind the behavior we can observe from these interactions. The contributors probe the main themes that arise from the study of social and personal relationships, including power, change and development, function, levels of analysis, the construction of meaning, and autonomy/choice. Each theme is illustrated in the opening chapter with accounts of a range of relationships, such as parent/child, disabled person/caregiver, and therapist/client relationships. The text concludes with invited readings from outstanding scholars in the field. Social Interaction and Personal Relationships provides an excellent examination of relationships and their social context that will guide students in their study of social psychology as well as sociology and human relationships.
Synopsis
The team has achieved an admirable overall coherence in representing the range of ideas, methodologies and modes of analysis that will be found in this area of social life.... it is likely to find a place on the reading lists of many future social psychology courses' - Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Relationships play a central part in people's lives, and a number of exciting interdisciplinary perspectives have recently emerged to shed new light on what it means to be in a relationship with another human being. This volume offers an authoritative yet accessible examination of a wide variety of these perspectives, drawing from a broader than usual range of material and including c
Synopsis
Exploring the interactions between people as they develop relationships with each other, this accessible textbook examines what lies behind the behaviour we can observe from these interactions.