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Marriage at the crossroads : Law, policy and the brave new World of twenty-first century families

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012Description: 344p xvISBN:
  • 9781107623705
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.016600 GAR
Contents:
Table of contents 1. Introduction Marsha Garrison and Elizabeth Scott; Part I. History, Demographics, and Economics - Multiple Perspectives on Families: 2. International family change and continuity: the past and future from the developmental idealism perspective Arland Thornton; 3. Red v. blue marriage June Carbone and Naomi Cahn; 4. The division of labor across time and generations Margaret F. Brinig; 5. Marriage at the crossroads in England and Wales Rebecca Probert; 6. The curious relationship of marriage and freedom Katherine Franke; Part II. Empirical Research on Family Change: 7. Institutional, companionate, and individualistic marriages: change over time and implications for marital quality Paul R. Amato; 8. Marriage and improved well-being: using twins to parse the correlation, asking how marriage helps, and wondering why more people do not buy a bargain Robert E. Emery, Erin Horn and Christopher Beam; 9. Fragile families: debates, facts, and solutions Sara McLanahan and Irwin Garfinkel; 10. Should marriage matter? Ira Mark Ellman and Sanford L. Braver; Part III. Family Policy and Law for the Twenty-First Century: 11. Forsaking no others: coming to terms with family diversity Judith Stacey; 12. Why marriage? Suzanne B. Goldberg; 13. Essential to virtue? The languages of the law of marriage Carl E. Schneider; 14. The pluralistic vision of marriage Shahar Lifshitz; Part IV. Comments: 15. The growing diversity of two-parent families: challenges for family law Andrew Cherlin; 16. Legal regulation of the twenty-first-century family Marsha Garrison and Elizabeth Scott.
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Table of contents
1. Introduction Marsha Garrison and Elizabeth Scott;
Part I. History, Demographics, and Economics - Multiple Perspectives on Families:
2. International family change and continuity: the past and future from the developmental idealism perspective Arland Thornton;
3. Red v. blue marriage June Carbone and Naomi Cahn;
4. The division of labor across time and generations Margaret F. Brinig;
5. Marriage at the crossroads in England and Wales Rebecca Probert;
6. The curious relationship of marriage and freedom Katherine Franke;
Part II. Empirical Research on Family Change:
7. Institutional, companionate, and individualistic marriages: change over time and implications for marital quality Paul R. Amato;
8. Marriage and improved well-being: using twins to parse the correlation, asking how marriage helps, and wondering why more people do not buy a bargain Robert E. Emery, Erin Horn and Christopher Beam;
9. Fragile families: debates, facts, and solutions Sara McLanahan and Irwin Garfinkel;
10. Should marriage matter? Ira Mark Ellman and Sanford L. Braver;
Part III. Family Policy and Law for the Twenty-First Century:
11. Forsaking no others: coming to terms with family diversity Judith Stacey;
12. Why marriage? Suzanne B. Goldberg;
13. Essential to virtue? The languages of the law of marriage Carl E. Schneider;
14. The pluralistic vision of marriage Shahar Lifshitz;
Part IV. Comments: 15. The growing diversity of two-parent families: challenges for family law Andrew Cherlin;
16. Legal regulation of the twenty-first-century family Marsha Garrison and Elizabeth Scott.

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