Fathers and Divorce
Fathers and Divorce

Author: Terry Arendell

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1995-02-27

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Although there has been much research attention paid to mothers and children, fathers have been the unstudied parties in divorce. In this comprehensive ethnographic study, Terry Arendell gives voice to a group of divorced fathers on topics ranging from noncustodial parenting to relationships with their former spouses to fathers' rights. Their "masculinist discourse of divorce" often focuses on their rights as fathers, resistence to injustices perpetrated by the ex-spouse and the legal system, the inherent differences between women and men, and the fractured nature of the postdivorce family. Using a feminist lens, Arendell is able to differentiate the strategies adopted by traditionalist divorced fathers from innovative ones and suggests policy recommendations informed by their masculinist discourse. Complementing her earlier work Mothers and Divorce, this provocative volume offers a balanced and essential view for students and professionals in gender studies, marriage and family, sociology, social work, and communications.

Promises to Keep
Promises to Keep

Author: David Popenoe

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780847682317

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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.

Women on Divorce
Women on Divorce

Author: Penny Kaganoff

Publisher: Harvest Books

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780156004626

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Filled with healing insights, bracing humor and inner strength, this notable compilation will be immensely helpful to any woman or man who has ever divorced, or is going through a divorce, or wants to stay married.

Marriages and divorces, Australia 1995
Marriages and divorces, Australia 1995

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 97

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This document presents statistics and indicators for marriages and divorces registered in Australia for the year 1995. Detailed statistics are provided for Australia, and summary figures are given for states and territories. The document also provides details of the marital status of the estimated resident population of Australia. A special feature focuses on trends in de facto partnering. Information provided about marriages and divorces includes length of marriage, age specific data, remarriages, category of celebrant, children involved in divorce, and birthplace of parties. It is shown that in 1995 nearly 109,400 marriages were registered, 5% less than the number registered in 1985. 49,700 divorces were granted, a 25% increase on the number granted in 1985.