War Over the Family
By: David Popenoe
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781351299725
Subjects: Families; Marriage; Social history; Nuclear families; Familles; Mariage; Histoire sociale
Description: "One of the most surprising and controversial social debates of the past two decades has been about the meaning and importance of marriage and the family in contemporary American life. Referred to by some as a culture "war over the family," the debate has pitted those concerned about the weakening of the traditional married-parent nuclear family, especially in its impact on children, against those arguing that nothing has gone wrong with families--that they are merely "diversifying." David Popenoe has been one of the most influential figures in laying out for a wide audience the importance of "family decline," and what it means for our children, our society, and our future."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, 1 Family Decline --; title: chapter 1 Family Decline in America  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 2 American Family Decline, 1960-1990: A Review and Appraisal  -- David Popenoe; title: part, 2 Marriage and the Family Today --; title: chapter 3 The Family Condition of America: Cultural Change and Public Policy  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 4 Family Values: A Communitarian Position  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 5 The Evolution of Marriage and the Problem of Stepfamilies: A Biosocial Perspective  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 6 A World Without Fathers  -- David Popenoe; title: part, 3 Rebuilding the Nest --; title: chapter 7 Fostering the New Familism: A Goal for America  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 8 The Roots of Declining Social Virtue: Family, Community, and the Need for a "Natural Communities Policy"  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 9 Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 10 Challenging the Culture of Fatherlessness  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 11 The Marriage Movement  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 12 Can the Nuclear Family be Revived?  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 13 A Marriage Research Agenda for the Twenty-First Century: Ten Critical Questions  -- David Popenoe; title: part, 4 Part Looking Back --; title: chapter 14 Remembering My Father: An Intellectual Portrait of "The Man Who Saved Marriages"  -- David Popenoe; title: chapter 15 The War Over the Family: America's Debate Over the Decline of the Two-Parent Family -- David Popenoe.