Fragile Families And the Marriage Agenda

by Kowaleski-Jones, Lori

• ISBN13: 9780387258843
• ISBN10: 0387258841
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

"This volume, the product of the 2003 Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum at the University of Utah, explores various issues related to fragile families. In addition to addressing the proposition that government involvement can raise marriage rates, this book 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	v
Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Chapter 1: Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda	1	(22)
Sara S. McLanahan
Chapter 2: Marrying for America	23	(24)
Dawne Moon and Jaye Cee Whitehead
Chapter 3: Teen Childbearing and Public Policy	47	(26)
Brent C. Miller, Rayna A. Sage, and Bryan Winward
Chapter 4: Fragile Families and Family Law	73	(34)
Lynn D. Wardle
Chapter 5: Family Structure and Child Well-Being: The Role of Parental Social Connections	107	(20)
Rachel E. Dunifon and Lori Kowaleski-Jones
Chapter 6: Shifting Fortunes in a Changing Economy: Trends in the Economic Well-Being of Divorced Women	127	(32)
Matthew McKeever and Nicholas H. Wolfinger
Chapter 7: Family Structure and Adolescent Labor Market Participation: Examining the Motives for and Effects of At-Risk Students' Work for Pay during High School	159	(30)
Mikaela Dufur and Kelly P. Troutman
Chapter 8: Maybe Someday: Marriage and Cohabitation among Low Income Fathers	189	(22)
Renata Forste
Chapter 9: Fatherhood as a Transformative Process: Unexpected Successes among High Risk Fathers	211	(22)
Paul Florsheim and Le Q. Ngu
Index	233