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The introduction of this book states, "Controversy over fatherlessness has emerged at the center of debates over welfare, poverty, sexuality, divorce, family values, and `racial disorder.'" Despite the importance of fatherlessness to debates on such major issues, there is no general agreement among scholars and policymakers on even the most basic questions (Are more children today living without fathers? Are fathers needed? Is there a relationship between fatherlessness and crime or poverty?). These issues are explored extensively here in essays by nine family-studies scholars. These pieces, drawn from a 1996 conference at Rutgers University, reach no conclusions, but an interesting and multifaceted discussion is provided. Although a number of recent books discuss fatherlessness (e.g., David Popenoe's Life Without Father, LJ 2/1/96), this book makes a solid and learned contribution to the public policy discussion. A worthwhile purchase for academic and larger public libraries.?Mary Jane Brustman, SUNY at Albany Libs.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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...offer challenging insights into an issue that is likely to remain contentious in the future. -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
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The introduction of this book states, "Controversy over fatherlessness has emerged at the center of debates over welfare, poverty, sexuality, divorce, family values, and `racial disorder.'" Despite the importance of fatherlessness to debates on such major issues, there is no general agreement among scholars and policymakers on even the most basic questions (Are more children today living without fathers? Are fathers needed? Is there a relationship between fatherlessness and crime or poverty?). These issues are explored extensively here in essays by nine family-studies scholars. These pieces, drawn from a 1996 conference at Rutgers University, reach no conclusions, but an interesting and multifaceted discussion is provided. Although a number of recent books discuss fatherlessness (e.g., David Popenoe's Life Without Father, LJ 2/1/96), this book makes a solid and learned contribution to the public policy discussion. A worthwhile purchase for academic and larger public libraries.?Mary Jane Brustman, SUNY at Albany Libs.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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...offer challenging insights into an issue that is likely to remain contentious in the future. -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
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DURING THE SUMMER OF 1996, the Promise Keepers filled football stadiums throughout the United States with thousands of men who sang, prayed, and dedicated themselves to renewing their Christian faith and their commitment to their families. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Basic Books, African American, David Blankenhorn, Harvard University Press, David Popenoe, Murphy Brown, Promise Keepers, Dependent Children, Charles Murray, Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Oxford University Press, San Francisco Chronicle, World War, Dan Quayle, Divided Families, Free Press, Inner City, Irwin Garfinkel, National Center, Sage Publications, William Julius Wilson, Dubious Conceptions New!
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DURING THE SUMMER OF 1996, the Promise Keepers filled football stadiums throughout the United States with thousands of men who sang, prayed, and dedicated themselves to renewing their Christian faith and their commitment to their families. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Basic Books, African American, David Blankenhorn, Harvard University Press, David Popenoe, Murphy Brown, Promise Keepers, Dependent Children, Charles Murray, Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Oxford University Press, San Francisco Chronicle, World War, Dan Quayle, Divided Families, Free Press, Inner City, Irwin Garfinkel, National Center, Sage Publications, William Julius Wilson, Dubious Conceptions New!
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- Life Without Father by David Popenoe on 7 pages
- Divorce Culture, The by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead on 5 pages
- Single Mothers and Their Children: A New American Dilemma (The Changing domestic priorities series) by Irv Garfinkel on page 48, page 125, and Back Matter
- Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem by David Blankenhorn on page 126, page 183, and page 200
- Generation of Vipers by Philip Wylie on page 57, page 58, and page 80
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- Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages by Nicole Constable in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mothers and Children: Feminist Analyses and Personal Narratives by Susan E. Chase in Back Matter
- Making Men into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood by Barbara Hobson in Back Matter
- Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome by Janet Golden in Back Matter
- Child Custody, Law, and Women's Work by Susan B. Boyd in Back Matter
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