Marriage in America

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This volume reflects the remarkably dynamic and hopeful state of thinking that is suddenly emerging on marriage. Though the analysis and recommendations vary from one contributor to another, each offers important insights on how we can satisfy what is now widely perceived as a new social expectation of profound importance, namely, how our society can help more marriages form and flourish. Marriage in America draws together many of the heavyweights in an unfolding movement to renew marriage in America. -- Don E. Eberly, Director of the Civil Society Project and Chairman of the National Fatherhood Initiative. This book brings together distinguished leaders to answer an urgent question: How can we improve marriage in America? These essays are a valuable contribution to the national debate. -- David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values and co-chair of the Council on Civil Society Marriage in America will be useful for those who seek to connect the reality of marriage and family to the common good and the role of public institutions to the health of marriage and family. Its emphases are overwhelmingly legal, policy-oriented, and psychological. The statisticacl evidence available from this work is another real contribution the social sciences can offer for those trying to empirically grasp the real effects of certain policies and their sometimes unintended consequences for marriage and family. * INTAMS review: Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality * ...thought-provoking... * Sexual and Relationship Therapy * A long-awaited and much needed collection of essays by some of America's top family experts. It is a major contribution to our knowledge of how to encourage marriage and minimize the social costs of divorce and should appeal to a wide range of readers. -- David Popenoe, author of Life Without Father