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978-0-387-26025-9

Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-0-387-26025-9

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Some social sciences contend that marriage is the solution to many of the problems associated with single-parent families. Other experts believe that government programs designed to raise marriage rates may cause more problems than they solve,The proposed volume will explore issues related to fragile families from many different perspectives on the causes and consequences of this issue. This book is divided up into sections covering legal and theoretical perspectives, causes and consequences of offspring wellbeing, and the aspect of father’s importance to the "fragile families".


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Design / Familie / family policy /labor market / poverty / violence