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Family Transformed
. Ed(S): Tipton, Steven M.; Witte, John, Jr.
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Description for Family Transformed
Paperback. Demonstrating that the family is both distinctive in its own right and deeply interwoven with other institutions, this title examines the roles of education, work, leisure, consumption, legal regulation, public administration, and biology in shaping the ways we court and marry, bear and raise children, and make and break family bonds. Editor(s): Tipton, Steven M.; Witte, John, Jr. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Statistics on the American family are sobering. From 1975 to 2000, one-third of all children were born to single mothers, and one-half of all marriages ended in divorce. While children from broken homes are two to three times more likely to develop behavioral and learning difficulties, two-parent families are not immune to problems. The cost of raising children has increased dramatically, and married couples with children are now twice as likely as childless couples to file for bankruptcy. Clearly, the American family is in trouble. But how this trouble started, and what should be done about it, remain hotly contested. ... Read more
Statistics on the American family are sobering. From 1975 to 2000, one-third of all children were born to single mothers, and one-half of all marriages ended in divorce. While children from broken homes are two to three times more likely to develop behavioral and learning difficulties, two-parent families are not immune to problems. The cost of raising children has increased dramatically, and married couples with children are now twice as likely as childless couples to file for bankruptcy. Clearly, the American family is in trouble. But how this trouble started, and what should be done about it, remain hotly contested. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589010666
SKU
V9781589010666
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About . Ed(S): Tipton, Steven M.; Witte, John, Jr.
Steven M. Tipton is a professor of sociology of religion at Emory University and its Candler School of Theology. He is coauthor of Habits of the Heart and The Good Society and author of Getting Saved from the Sixties. John Witte, Jr. is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics and director of the Center for the Study of Law ... Read more
Reviews for Family Transformed
"A remarkable, thoughtful, and rigorous discussion of changing family life in America. I found it fascinating." - Donna E. Shalala, former U.S. secretary of health and human services "This volume will become an instant classic in the field of interdisciplinary family studies. The volume gathers a stunning array of scholars and public intellectuals to focus enormous intellectual firepower on a ... Read more