Revitalizing the institution of marriage for the twenty-first century : an agenda for strengthening marriage / edited by Alan J. Hawkins, Lynn D. Wardle, and David Orgon Coolidge ; foreword by Linda J. Waite.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawkins, Alan J.

Wardle, Lynn D.

Coolidge, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--United States.

Marriage.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 216 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

Foreword: Marriage Myths and Revitalizing Marriage / Linda J. Waite vii

1. The Social Costs of De-Institutionalizing Marriage / Steven L. Nock 1

2. Community Involvement and Its Limits in Marriage and Families / Margaret F. Brinig 15

3. The Language of Health Versus the Language of Religion: Competing Models of Marriage for the Twenty-First Century / Don S. Browning 29

4. A Plea for Greater Concern About the Quality of Marital Matching / Norval D. Glenn 45

5. Why Covenant Marriage May Prove Effective as a Response to the Culture of Divorce / Katherine Shaw Spaht 59

6. Good Incentives Lead to Good Marriages / Allen M. Parkman 69

7. Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities / Theodora Ooms 79

8. Promoting Marriage as a Means for Promoting Fatherhood / Wade F. Horn 101

9. Reflections on the Nature of Marriage / Brian Bix 111

10. Adoption by Unmarried Cohabitants, Same-Sex Couples, and Single Persons in Europe / Rainer Frank 121

11. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and the Family: Risk or Revival? / Ruth Deech 133

12. Marriage and Belonging: Reflections on Baker v. Vermont / David Orgon Coolidge 145

13. Marriage Policy and the Methodology of Research on Homosexual Parenting / Robert Lerner, Althea K. Nagai 155

14. Institutionalizing Marriage Reforms Through Federalism / Lynn D. Wardle 167

15. Fixing the Family: Legal Acts and Cultural Admonitions / Carl E. Schneider 177

16. The Limits of the Law and Raising a Sentiment for Marriage / Laurence C. Nolan 185

17. A Marriage Research Agenda for the Twenty-First Century: Ten Critical Questions / David Popenoe 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275972720

0275972739

OCLC:

47201096