Lamanna/Riedmann/Stewarts bestselling MARRIAGES, FAMILIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS: MAKING CHOICES IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY, 15th Edition, combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a theme especially relevant to todays dynamic global environment: making choices in a diverse society. Thoroughly revised and updated with the latest data and research, the text delivers an engaging narrative that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity based on race and ethnicity, gender, family forms and sexual orientations. This balanced presentation discusses a variety of theoretical perspectives, emphasizing both social structure and the importance of individual agency, choice and decision-making. Students are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives.