Full Description
Psychosocial Impact of Polygamy in the Middle East is the first to deal with polygamy in the Middle East in a comprehensive way. This book fills a gap in the literature by addressing the question of the psychosocial impact of polygamy on all members of polygamous families by offering a new way of examining family structure, such as father-mother, father-children, mother-children relationships, and the relationships between offspring from different mothers. It introduces a model for intervention with polygamous families for scholars and practitioners. This book also explores Islam's role in polygamy as well as the social and economic consequences of the phenomena.
Contents
Preface.- Polygamy Today.- Context and change: the structure of Arab society.- Polygamy, Islam, and marital justice.- The call for different perspectives: Methodology.- Discussion and Implications.- A proposed model for treatment of polygamous families.- Dealing with polygamous families and changing the rules.
