Promises to Keep

Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America

• Author(s): David Popenoe, Jean Bethke Elshtain, David Blankenhorn,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Pages: 337
• ISBN_10: 0847682307
  ISBN_13: 9780847682300
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Divorce & Separation , Family & Relationships / Parenting / Single Parent , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. Promises to Keep presents the full text of The Council on Families in America's 1995 investigation, Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation, and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with insupportable social costs. Sponsored by The Institute for American Values.