Fractured Generations: Crafting a Family Policy for Twenty-First Century America

by Allan C. Carlson

Fifty years ago, the phrase "family policy" was rarely heard in America. Individual states maintained laws governing marriage, divorce, education, inheritance, and child protection, which regulated the formation, childrearing practices, and dissolution of families. However, these scattered policy issues were not seen as closely related. Until the 1960s, the nuclear family was an institution that was part of the natural life-course expected of most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765802759
• ISBN13: 9780765802750
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.4"