Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kowaleski-Jones, Lori (Editor), Wolfinger, Nicholas H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.

Many people see government involvement in family policy as a response to popular concerns that the American family is in a state of crisis. One of the primary concerns with "fragile" families (one parent – usually mother) is economic: Poverty rates for single mothers are several times that...

Table of Contents:

• Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda
• Marrying for America
• Teen Childbearing and Public Policy
• Fragile Families and Family Law
• Family Structure and Child Well-Being
• Shifting Fortunes in a Changing Economy
• Family Structure and Adolescent Labor Market Participation
• Maybe Someday
• Fatherhood as a Transformative Process.