The Emerging Field of Personal Relationships innovative strategies and offering a counterpoint to

and offering a counterpoint to the current dialogue that frames these institutions with a deficit-perspective

This Handbook brings together and solidifies the existing body of research and unites the various disciplines that have looked at this area to present the current state of knowledge in one accessible resource

which place heavy emphasis on learning and instruction

and dynamic and provocative artwork by illustrator Jim Kettner

The Emerging Field of Personal Relationships innovative strategies and offering a counterpoint toOriginally published in 1986, this book is a result of the first International Conference on Personal Relationships held in 1982. The conference itself was a significant event in publicly bringing together major figures whose work was starting to define the new area of personal relationships.