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"Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities" (Columbia University Press, 2009)
Edited by H. Elizabeth Peters and Claire Kamp Dush
In this new book, Peters and Kamp Dush explore the motivation to marry and the role of matrimony for a diverse group of men and women. They compare empirical data from several emerging family types (single, coparent, gay and lesbian, among others) to studies of traditional nuclear families, and they consider the effect of public policy and recent economic developments on the practice of marriage and the stabilizationor destabilizationof family. Approaching this topic from a variety of perspectives, including historical, cross cultural, gendered, demographic, sociobiological, and social psychological viewpoints, the editors highlight the complexity of the modern American family and the growing indeterminacy of its boundaries. Other CPP affiliates who contributed to this book include Rachel Dunifon and Daniel Lichter.
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