Marriage in America: A Communitarian Perspective

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Martin King Whyte
Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 - 309 pages
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Is marriage an endangered institution in America? Does America's high divorce rate represent a danger to the lives of American children? These are some of the questions explored in this path-breaking volume of essays. The contributors to Marriage in America, inspired by the philosophy of communitarianism, consider an extensive roster of innovative policies and practices that are intended to promote a more supportive atmosphere for American marriages. A wide range of viewpoints are represented, with essays by legal scholars, social scientists, public policy advocates, family activists, and government program administrators. The range of influences affecting marriages is similarly broad, with essays critically probing the role of law and the courts, religious institutions, family therapists, employers, and government programs in either supporting or undermining the institution of marriage in America. In this volume the debate over 'family values' in America is removed from the polemics of partisan politics and replaced by thoughtful consideration of options for the future by some of America's best thinkers on family issues. Marriage in America is an essential text for all of those who care about the health of American families and children.
 

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Page 94 - I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I And if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.
Page 253 - ... the right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property; (3) the disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event...
Page 133 - Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees takes off his shoes...
Page 118 - There are few careful studies of the values clarification approach to sex education that show it to be successful. This is an approach in which teachers take no stand on moral issues. Decisions are left to students about how to use information. See Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, "The Failure of Sex Education," Atlantic Monthly (October 1994), pp.
Page 305 - Dubbin currently serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Page 117 - ... that they are entitled to their strong opinions. The books in this series, The Family, Religion, and Culture, discuss these issues in ways that will place the American debate about the family on more solid ground. The series is the result of the Religion, Culture, and Family Project, which was funded by a generous grant from the Division of Religion of the Lilly Endowment, Inc., and took place in the Institute for Advanced Study in The University of Chicago Divinity School.
Page xvi - It is quite possible that if we went in, took out Saddam Hussein, and then left quickly, the result would be an extremely bloody civil war...

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Martin King Whyte is professor of sociology and international affairs at George Washington University.

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