Overview
Offers timely research about one of the most important public policy initiatives related to family well-being in recent years
Poised at the edge of an important and uncharted policy experiment, this book sheds light on the debate about family policies’ ultimate effects on family well-being
Offers sound scientific knowledge and reasoned review of the information that should guide policy activity in this important area
Offers both theoretical and empirical perspectives on fragile families from many different disciplines, including sociology, psychology, family studies, legal studies, and policy studies
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Many people see government involvement in family policy as a response to popular concerns that the American family is in a state of crisis. One of the primary concerns with “fragile” families (one parent – usually mother) is economic: Poverty rates for single mothers are several times that of two-parent families. Economic deprivation while growing up has been linked to poor physical health, reduced intellectual ability and academic achievement.
Some social sciences contend that marriage is the solution to many of the problems associated with single-parent families. Other experts believe that government programs designed to raise marriage rates may cause more problems than they solve (i.e. domestic violence, divorce, etc.).
The proposed volume will explore issues related to fragile families from many different perspectives on the causes and consequences of this issue. This book is divided up into sections covering legal and theoretical perspectives, causes and consequences of offspring wellbeing, and the aspect of father’s importance to the “fragile families”.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda
Editors: Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Nicholas H. Wolfinger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b136572
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25884-3Published: 25 August 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-68172-6Published: 11 July 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-26025-9Published: 04 July 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 238
Topics: Sociology, general