1st Edition

Families without Fathers Fatherhood, Marriage and Children in American Society

By David Popenoe Copyright 2009
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

<p>The American family is changing. Divorce, single parents, and stepfamilies are redefi ning the ways we live together and raise our children. Many "experts" feel these seemingly inevitable changes should be celebrated; they claim that the "new" families, which often lack a strong father, are actually healthier than traditional two-parent families—or, at the very least, do children no... Read more
Book I The Providential State; I: The Dominant Dogma of The Age; II: The Gods of the Machine; III: The Government of Posterity; Book II The Collectivist Movement; IV: The Intellectual Ascendancy of Collectivism; V: The Totalitarian Regimes; VI: Planning in Peace for an Economy of Abundance; VII: Gradual Collectivism; VIII: The Wars of a Collectivist World; Book III The Reconstruction of Liberalism; IX: The Great Revolution and the Rise of the Great Society; X: The Debacle of Liberalism; XI: The Agenda of Liberalism; XII: The Political Principles of Liberalism; XIII: The Government of a Liberal State; XIV: The Regime of Peace; Book IV The Testament of Liberty; XV: The Struggle For Law; XVI: The Pursuit of Liberty; XVII: On This Rock

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David Popenoe