War Over the Family
"No one in the country has done more than David Popenoe to put the issues of marriage and responsible fatherhood on the public agenda. This book gathers together his most important essays. They show us not only what he thinks, but alsohowhe thinks, which is even more important. This book is a remarkable intellectual achievement."--David Blankenhorn, president, Institute for American Values"This volume demonstrates why David Popenoe is one of the nation's most thoughtful and influential scholars in the debate over the future of the family. Drawing upon a wealth of social science evidence, he argues his case for family decline in a voice that is reasoned, judicious, and eminently wise. An indispensable work for anyone who wants to understand what is happening to the American family and why."--Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, author,The Divorce Cultureand co-director, National Marriage Project, Rutgers"David Popenoe is America's most articulate voice warning about the costs to children of the declining strength of families.War Over the Familytells the story of his intellectual struggles to alert us to both the problem and possible solutions. This is a great book about great ideas and Popenoe's outstanding leadership on arguably the most important issue of our time."--Don Browning, University of Chicago, and author ofMarriage and Modernization