LEADER 05717nam 2200709 450 001 9910464714203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-938298-0 010 $a0-19-991659-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000093094 035 $a(EBL)1647179 035 $a(OCoLC)922907737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001134314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12428635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11162659 035 $a(PQKB)11368846 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1647179 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1647179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10848454 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL581088 035 $a(OCoLC)873805506 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000093094 100 $a20131212h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarriage markets $ehow inequality is remaking the American family /$fJune Carbone and Naomi Cahn 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press, USA,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-026331-8 311 $a0-19-991658-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Section I: The Puzzles of Today's Families -- Chapter 1: Changing Families -- Chapter 2: The New Foundations for Family Life: The Disappearance of the Center and the Emergence of Marriage As a Marker of Class -- Chapter 3: Not Blaming the Victim: Derailed by Moynihan -- Chapter 4: Blaming the Victim: The Morality Tale -- Chapter 5: Getting Closer: The Rediscovery of Marriage Markets -- Section II: The New Terms -- Chapter 6: The Heart of the Matter -- Chapter 7: Where the Men Are -- Chapter 8: Remaking Class Barriers: Children and Achievement -- Chapter 9: The Recreation of Class -- Section III: Legalizing Inequality: The Class Divide in the Meaning of Family Law -- Chapter 10: The Law: Rewriting the Marital Script -- Chapter 11: Shared Parenting: Egalitarian, Patriarchal or Both? -- Section IV: Rebuilding Community: Inequality, Class, and Family -- Chapter 12: Rebuilding From the Top Down: The Family, Inequality and Employment -- Chapter 13: Rebuilding from the Bottom up: Addressing Children's Needs. -- Chapter 14: Sex, Power, Patriarchy and Parental Obligation -- Chapter 15: The Rebirth of Community and the Family. 330 $a"There was a time when the phrase "American family" conjured up a single, specific image: a breadwinner dad, a homemaker mom, and their 2.5 kids living comfortable lives in a middle-class suburb. Today, that image has been shattered, due in part to skyrocketing divorce rates, single parenthood, and increased out-of-wedlock births. But whether it is conservatives bewailing the wages of moral decline and women's liberation, or progressives celebrating the result of women's greater freedom and changing sexual mores, most Americans fail to identify the root factor driving the changes: economic inequality that is remaking the American family along class lines. In Marriage Markets, June Carbone and Naomi Cahn, co-authors of the acclaimed Red Families v. Blue Families, examine how macroeconomic forces are transforming our most intimate and important spheres, and how working class and lower income families have paid the highest price. Just like health, education, and seemingly every other advantage in life, a stable two-parent home has become a luxury that only the well-off can afford. The best educated and most prosperous have the most stable families, while working class families have seen the greatest increase in relationship instability. Why is this so? This book offers a new answer: it is due to the economics of marriage markets, and of how men and women match up when they search for a life partner. For instance, when eligible (i.e., desirable and marriageable) men outnumber eligible women, the marriage and marital stability rates are significantly higher than when the reverse situation occurs - the exact situation we have in America today. The failure to see marriage as a market affected by supply and demand has obscured any meaningful analysis of the way that societal changes influence culture. Only policies that redress the balance between men and women through greater access to education, stable employment, and opportunities for social mobility can a culture that encourages commitment and investment in family life. A rigorous and enlightening account of why American families have changed so much in recent decades, Marriage Markets cuts through the ideological and moralistic rhetoric that drives our current debate and offers real insight into-and solutions for-a problem that will haunt America for generations to come"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFamilies$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMarriage$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aDomestic relations$zUnited States 606 $aEquality$zUnited States 606 $aWorking class$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSocial classes$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFamilies$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aMarriage$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aDomestic relations 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aWorking class$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSocial classes 676 $a306.850973 700 $aCarbone$b June$0930686 702 $aCahn$b Naomi R. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464714203321 996 $aMarriage markets$92254667 997 $aUNINA