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020			_a9781139087568 (ebook)
020			_z9781107018273 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aHQ536 _b.M3243 2012
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245	0	0	_aMarriage at the Crossroads : _bLaw, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families / _cedited by Marsha Garrison, Elizabeth S. Scott.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (362 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe institution of marriage is at a crossroads. Across most of the industrialized world, unmarried cohabitation and nonmarital births have skyrocketed while marriage rates are at record lows. These trends mask a new, idealized vision of marriage as a marker of success as well as a growing class divide in childbearing behavior: the children of better educated, wealthier individuals continue to be born into relatively stable marital unions while the children of less educated, poorer individuals are increasingly born and raised in more fragile, nonmarital households. The interdisciplinary approach offered by this edited volume provides tools to inform the debate and to assist policy makers in resolving questions about marriage at a critical juncture. Drawing on the expertise of social scientists and legal scholars, the book will be a key text for anyone who seeks to understand marriage as a social institution and to evaluate proposals for marriage reform.
700	1		_aGarrison, Marsha, _eeditor.
700	1		_aScott, Elizabeth S., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107018273
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139087568
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38569 _d38569