War over the family / David Popenoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popenoe, David, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States.

Families.

United States.

Marriage--United States.

Marriage.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

Social conditions.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

Physical Description:

xiv, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2005]

Contents:

Part 1 Family Decline

1 Family Decline in America 3

2 American Family Decline, 1960-1990: A Review and Appraisal 17

Part 2 Marriage and the Family Today

3 The Family Condition of America: Cultural Change and Public Policy 45

4 Family Values: A Communitarian Position 71

5 The Evolution of Marriage and the Problem of Stepfamilies: A Biosocial Perspective 91

6 A World Without Fathers 117

Part 3 Rebuilding the Nest

7 Fostering the New Familism: A Goal for America 135

8 The Roots of Declining Social Virtue: Family, Community, and the Need for a "Natural Communities Policy" 143

9 Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script 169

10 Challenging the Culture of Fatherlessness 191

11 The Marriage Movement 199

12 Can the Nuclear Family be Revived? 207

13 A Marriage Research Agenda for the Twenty-First Century: Ten Critical Questions 213

Part 4 Looking Back

14 Remembering My Father: An Intellectual Portrait of "The Man Who Saved Marriages" 227

15 The War Over the Family: America's Debate Over the Decline of the Two-Parent Family 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765802597

OCLC:

54542801