Promises to keep : decline and renewal of marriage in America / edited by David Popenoe, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and David Blankenhorn.

Other author Popenoe, David, 1932-
Other author Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
Other author Blankenhorn, David.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1996.
Descriptionxii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Marriage--United States.
Divorce--United States.
Single-parent families--United States.
United States--Social conditions.

Contents The decline of marriage as the social basis of childrearing / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead -- Values, attitudes, and the state of American marriage / Norval D. Glenn -- Myths of marriage and family / Moira Eastman -- Comparative and historical perspectives on marriage, divorce, and family life / Arland Thornton -- Decline of the family: conservative, liberal, and feminist views / Janet Z. Giele -- Biology, ethics, and narrative in Christian family theory / Don S. Browning -- Postmodern family law: toward a new model of status / Milton C. Regan, Jr. -- The law and the stability of marriage: the family as a social institution / Carl E. Schneider -- Parenting from separate households / Robert S. Weiss -- Re-creating marriage / Maggie Gallagher -- Modern marriage: revising the cultural script / David Popenoe -- The reinstitutionalization of marriage: political theory and public policy / William A. Galston -- Marriage in America: a report to the nation / The Council on Families in America.
Local noteLittle-303950--305131009577+
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96007003
ISBN0847682307 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0847682315 (pbk. : alk. paper)