Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage
Author: Andrew J. Cherlin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1992-09-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780674029491

With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an overall assessment of marital trends. His graceful and informal book surveys and explains the latest research on marriage, divorce, and remarriage since World War II.Cherlin presents the facts about family change over the past thirty-five years and examines the reasons for the trends that emerge. He views the 1950s, when Americans were marrying and having children early and divorcing infrequently, as the aberration, and he discusses why this period was unusual. He also explores the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes since 1960--increases in divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation, decreases in fertility--that are altering the very definition of the family in our society. He concludes with a discussion of the increasing differences in the marital patterns of black and white families over the past few decades.

The Good News About Marriage

The Good News About Marriage
Author: Shaunti Feldhahn
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601425635

Divorce is not the biggest threat to marriage. Discouragement is. You’ve probably heard the grim facts: Half of all marriages end in divorce. The divorce rate inside the church is the same as outside. Most marriages are just holding on. But what if these “facts” are actually myths? In The Good News About Marriage, best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn presents groundbreaking research that reveals the shocking, incredibly inspiring truth: · The actual divorce rate has never gotten close to 50 percent. · Those who attend church regularly have a significantly lower divorce rate than those who don’t. · Most marriages are happy. · Simple changes make a big difference in most marriage problems. · Most remarriages succeed. For too long, our confidence in marriage has been undermined by persistent misunderstandings and imperfect data. This landmark book will radically change how we think and talk about marriage—and what we can dare to hope from it. “Shaunti takes aim at marriage myths that have spread like a cancer through our culture–myths that have become self-fulfilling prophecies. This book is packed with game-changing revelations. Like this one: Not only are most people staying married, they are happy in their marriages!” –Emerson Eggerichs, best-selling author of Love and Respect

Making Marriage Work

Making Marriage Work
Author: Kristin Celello
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807889822

By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage. This fear drove middle-class couples to seek advice, both professional and popular, in order to strengthen their relationships. In Making Marriage Work, historian Kristin Celello offers an insightful and wide-ranging account of marriage and divorce in America in the twentieth century, focusing on the development of the idea of marriage as "work." Throughout, Celello illuminates the interaction of marriage and divorce over the century and reveals how the idea that marriage requires work became part of Americans' collective consciousness.

Marriage and Divorce in America

Marriage and Divorce in America
Author: Jaimee L. Hartenstein
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2023-08-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1440868379

This wide-ranging resource will help readers understand the history and current state of marriage and divorce in the United States, including their many cultural, economic, political, legal, and religious facets. Coverage includes information and insights on broad trends in relationships that are changing the landscape of American society, such as childcare, delayed marriages, blended families, and prevalence of marriage and divorce among various socioeconomic groups. In addition, the encyclopedia features in-depth entries covering high-interest issues that are shaping the character of marriage, divorce, relationships, and family life in the 21st century, including economic/legal topics (child support, prenups, divisions of assets in divorce, the wedding industry, no-fault divorce, legal representation in divorce, and economic independence as a factor in separations/divorce); other divorce factors (infidelity, parenthood, illness, domestic abuse, and child abuse); and a host of other legal/cultural issues, factors, and phenomena, both current and historical.

Marriage and Divorce

Marriage and Divorce
Author: Hugh Carter
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 554
Release: 1976
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

This book is replete with information about factors affecting the stability of marriage, the decision to marry or to divorce, and differences in marriage and divorce patterns among various socioeconomic classes and races.

Divorce

Divorce
Author: Glenda Riley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803289697

According to Glenda Riley, “the historical conflict between anti-divorce and pro-divorce factions has prevented the development of effective, beneficial divorce laws, procedures, and policies. Today we still lack processes that move spouses out of unworkable marriages in a constructive fashion and get them back into the mainstream of life in a stable, productive condition.” Her pioneering historical overview offers proposals for dealing with a subject that now pertains to nearly half of all marriages.

The Power of the Past

The Power of the Past
Author: Jessi Streib
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0199364435

Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds.

Marriage and Divorce in a Multi-Cultural Context

Marriage and Divorce in a Multi-Cultural Context
Author: Joel A. Nichols
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139503979

American family law makes two key assumptions: first, that the civil state possesses sole authority over marriage and divorce; and second, that the civil law may contain only one regulatory regime for such matters. These assumptions run counter to the multicultural and religiously plural nature of our society. This book elaborates how those assumptions are descriptively incorrect, and it begins an important conversation about whether more pluralism in family law is normatively desirable. For example, may couples rely upon religious tribunals (Jewish, Muslim, or otherwise) to decide family law disputes? May couples opt into stricter divorce rules, either through premarital contracts or 'covenant marriages'? How should the state respond? Intentionally interdisciplinary and international in scope, this volume contains contributions from fourteen leading scholars. The authors address the provocative question of whether the state must consider sharing its jurisdictional authority with other groups in family law.

Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment

Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment
Author: Robert E. Emery
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1999-02-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761902522

Emery reviews the psychological, social, economic, and legal consequences of divorce, and examines how children's risk or resilience is predicted by interparental conflict, relationships with both parents, financial strain, legal/physical custody, and other factors."--BOOK JACKET.