Promises to Keep

Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America
Herausgeber: Blankenhorn, David; Popenoe, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. Promises to Keep presents the full text of The Council on Families in America's 1995 investigation, Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation, and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with insupportable social costs. Sponsored by The Institute for American Values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9780847682317
• ISBN-10: 0847682315
• Artikelnr.: 21368433

Autorenporträt

David Popenoe is professor of sociology and associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of social and political ethics at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and the author of numerous books on women, politics, and the family. David Blankenhorn is the president of the Institute for American Values.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The DecLine of Marriage Chapter 2 The Decline of Marriage as the
Social Basis of Childrearing Chapter 3 Values, Attitudes, and the State of
American Marriage Chapter 4 Myths of Marriage and Family Chapter 5
Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family
Life Chapter 6 Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist
Views Part 7 Religious, Legal, and Clinical Dimensions Chapter 8 Biology,
Ethics, and Narrative in Christian Family Theory Chapter 9 Postmodern
Family Law: Toward a New Model of Status Chapter 10 The Law and the
Stability of Marriage: The Family as a Social Institution Chapter 11
Parenting from Separate Households Part 12 Rebuilding A Marriage Culture
Chapter 13 Re-creating Marriage Chapter 14 Modern Marriage: Revising the
Cultural Script Chapter 15 The Reinstitutionalization of Marriage:
Political Theory and Public Policy Part 16 Marriage in America: A Report to
the Nation Chapter 17 Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation Chapter
18 Afterword