Divorce
By: Christina Fisanick, book editor.
Contributors: Fisanick, Christina.
Series: Contemporary issues companion
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Detroit , Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780737724523; 9780737724530
Subjects: Divorce.; Divorce -- Social aspects.; Divorce -- Psychological aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-177) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Divorce and the marriage contract; title: 1. The effects of prenuptial agreements on marriage and divorce / Carlin Flora; title: 2. No-fault divorce policies should be supported / Anne Kass; title: 3. No-fault divorce policies cheapen the marriage commitment / Dennis E. Powell; title: 4. Covenant marriage contracts will not lower the divorce rate / Bruce A. Robinson; title: 5. Same-sex marriages raise new divorce issues / Kathleen Burge; title: ch. 2. Divorce in modern society; title: 1. Divorce harms American social values / Alex Moore; title: 2. Divorce is neither a modern nor a particularly American phenomenon / Alex Liazos; title: 3. Premarital cohabitation increases the chances of divorce / Phyllis H. Witcher; title: 4. Premarital cohabitation does not increase the chances of divorce / Catherine L. Harris; title: 5. An unhappy marriage can be worse than divorce / E. Mavis Hetherington; title: 6. Divorce does not make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage / Linda J. Waite ... [et al.]; title: ch. 3. Divorce and the family; title: 1. The family court system is biased against fathers / Rachel Alexander; title: 2. The family court system is biased against mothers / Garland Waller; title: 3. Divorce is always damaging to children / Elizabeth Marquardt; title: 4. Divorce is not always damaging to children / Karen S. Peterson; title: 5. Children of divorce have higher rates of divorce / Nicholas H. Wolfinger; title: ch. 4. Personal narratives on divorce; title: 1. A journey through the Catholic annulment process / Joseph A. Califano Jr.; title: 2. An adult daughter struggles with her parents' divorce / Brooke Lea Foster; title: 3. Why divorce was not the answer to a failing marriage / Judy Bodmer; title: 4. Learning valuable lessons from divorce / Hugo Schwyzer; title: 5. A woman and her ex-husband create a loving family for their sons / Laura Stavoe; title: 6. A woman's marital views were shaped by her parents' divorce / Amy Conway; title: 7. The importance of same-sex civil union divorces / Kathy Anderson; title: Organizations to contact.