00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000003339 20221018040125 0010-0520003339 221018################|##########|#eng## 0387258841 eng 306.8 306.8 JON f Jones, Lori Kowaleski Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda / Lori Kowaleski-Jones New York : Springer, 2006 xvi, 238p. : : illus, ; 24cm. Indeks : p.233-238 Many people see government involvement in family policy as a response to the American family "crisis". Some point to the large number of nontrditional or "families, generally defined as unmarried women with childreen. Primarily on account of divorce and out-of wedlock births, there were te million single mothers in America in 2000; more than one and a half million of these women had unmarried live-in partners. This volume explores various issues related to fagile families. In addition to addressing the proposition that government involvement can raise marriage rates, it contains legal and theoretical perspectives on the marriage agenda, addresses some of the causes and consequences of offspring well-being in fragile families, and considers the importance of fathers. Fragile Families Marriage Agenda Nicholas H. Wolfinger 09979/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09980/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09980/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09979/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09979/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09980/MKRI-P/XI-2008