Rand D. Conger, Hairong Song, Gary D. Stockdale, Emilio Ferrer, Keith F. Widaman, and Ana M. Cauce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199736546
- eISBN:
- 9780199932443
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736546.003.0017
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology / School Psychology
This chapter presents an important extension of the family system model for understanding risk and resilience in adolescent development by considering the unique cultural and economic context of ...
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This chapter presents an important extension of the family system model for understanding risk and resilience in adolescent development by considering the unique cultural and economic context of Mexican-origin families. In their model, the authors studied the interplay of economic stress, interparental conflict, and parent-child relations as they affect child competence. The authors add to their well-replicated family stress model considerations that are specific to Mexican-origin families in the United States, including the common experiences of poverty, residence in high-risk neighborhoods, and exposure to racial discrimination. At each stage of the model, these culture-specific factors act as potentiators of the processes by which economic strain leads to disruptions in parent's emotional functioning, increases in interparental conflict, negative parenting, and less competent youth development.Less
This chapter presents an important extension of the family system model for understanding risk and resilience in adolescent development by considering the unique cultural and economic context of Mexican-origin families. In their model, the authors studied the interplay of economic stress, interparental conflict, and parent-child relations as they affect child competence. The authors add to their well-replicated family stress model considerations that are specific to Mexican-origin families in the United States, including the common experiences of poverty, residence in high-risk neighborhoods, and exposure to racial discrimination. At each stage of the model, these culture-specific factors act as potentiators of the processes by which economic strain leads to disruptions in parent's emotional functioning, increases in interparental conflict, negative parenting, and less competent youth development.
Eric Marlier, A.B. Atkinson, Bea Cantillon, and Brian Nolan
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348845
- eISBN:
- 9781447303770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348845.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology
This chapter suggests how policy analysis in the Social Inclusion Process can be deepened, to help learn ‘what works’, using model-families analysis and microsimulation modelling to develop a common ...
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This chapter suggests how policy analysis in the Social Inclusion Process can be deepened, to help learn ‘what works’, using model-families analysis and microsimulation modelling to develop a common analytical framework to accompany the common indicators. It also tackles children at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and uses this as a case study to help draw together the different threads of earlier discussions.Less
This chapter suggests how policy analysis in the Social Inclusion Process can be deepened, to help learn ‘what works’, using model-families analysis and microsimulation modelling to develop a common analytical framework to accompany the common indicators. It also tackles children at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and uses this as a case study to help draw together the different threads of earlier discussions.
Katherine Pickering Antonova
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199796991
- eISBN:
- 9780199979721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199796991.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, Family History
In addition to summarizing and synthesizing the arguments made throughout the book, the conclusion follows the Chikhachev family into the next generation, exploring the very different world Aleksei ...
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In addition to summarizing and synthesizing the arguments made throughout the book, the conclusion follows the Chikhachev family into the next generation, exploring the very different world Aleksei Chikhachev faced after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. The conclusion discusses how ideas like Andrei’s, though common among this important group of conservative, landed, middling gentry, were not ultimately influential, and how this affected their fates, and the fate of the famous big “Questions” of the 1860s, ’1870s, and ’1880s—about the role of women, of the peasants, and the definition of the Russian nation. Some of the fissures that divided imperial Russian society in the decades preceding the Revolution emanated from the disjuncture between traditional modes of understanding family, gender, and duty, and the increasingly influential rhetoric from the West that was based on quite different political and social developments.Less
In addition to summarizing and synthesizing the arguments made throughout the book, the conclusion follows the Chikhachev family into the next generation, exploring the very different world Aleksei Chikhachev faced after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. The conclusion discusses how ideas like Andrei’s, though common among this important group of conservative, landed, middling gentry, were not ultimately influential, and how this affected their fates, and the fate of the famous big “Questions” of the 1860s, ’1870s, and ’1880s—about the role of women, of the peasants, and the definition of the Russian nation. Some of the fissures that divided imperial Russian society in the decades preceding the Revolution emanated from the disjuncture between traditional modes of understanding family, gender, and duty, and the increasingly influential rhetoric from the West that was based on quite different political and social developments.
Boris Mayer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447300984
- eISBN:
- 9781447310921
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300984.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
Family change theory (Kagitcibasi, 1996, 2007) is an alternative approach to explain how modernisation and globalisation processes affect the family. The most important assumption of the theory is ...
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Family change theory (Kagitcibasi, 1996, 2007) is an alternative approach to explain how modernisation and globalisation processes affect the family. The most important assumption of the theory is that when traditional interdependent cultures modernise, they need not necessarily develop in direction of an independent family model typical for Western individualistic societies. Instead, they may develop towards a family model of emotional interdependence that combines continuing emotional interdependencies in the family with declining material interdependencies and rising personal autonomy. In this chapter a preliminary evaluation of the empirical status of family change theory is given, based on a review of recent cross-cultural studies. It will be shown in how far the few studies that have been systematically conducted in this respect have found results supporting or not supporting aspects of the theory, and where the strengths and problems of this research lie.Less
Family change theory (Kagitcibasi, 1996, 2007) is an alternative approach to explain how modernisation and globalisation processes affect the family. The most important assumption of the theory is that when traditional interdependent cultures modernise, they need not necessarily develop in direction of an independent family model typical for Western individualistic societies. Instead, they may develop towards a family model of emotional interdependence that combines continuing emotional interdependencies in the family with declining material interdependencies and rising personal autonomy. In this chapter a preliminary evaluation of the empirical status of family change theory is given, based on a review of recent cross-cultural studies. It will be shown in how far the few studies that have been systematically conducted in this respect have found results supporting or not supporting aspects of the theory, and where the strengths and problems of this research lie.
Stephen Crossley
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781447334729
- eISBN:
- 9781447334774
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447334729.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter discusses how the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is predicated on the family intervention model, which relies on a key worker gaining the trust of a family, building a relationship ...
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This chapter discusses how the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is predicated on the family intervention model, which relies on a key worker gaining the trust of a family, building a relationship with them and then working intensively with them in a holistic manner. It considers both the domestic and international history of such approaches, including the 1940s Family Service Unit approach. The chapter also examines the shorter history of the family intervention model, as well as the journey from a single Scottish voluntary sector project to a nationwide government programme in England. This includes the discursive shift from support to intervention; the introduction of the threat of sanctions; the types of families targeted across all projects; and changes to the level of resources allegedly required for effective family intervention.Less
This chapter discusses how the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is predicated on the family intervention model, which relies on a key worker gaining the trust of a family, building a relationship with them and then working intensively with them in a holistic manner. It considers both the domestic and international history of such approaches, including the 1940s Family Service Unit approach. The chapter also examines the shorter history of the family intervention model, as well as the journey from a single Scottish voluntary sector project to a nationwide government programme in England. This includes the discursive shift from support to intervention; the introduction of the threat of sanctions; the types of families targeted across all projects; and changes to the level of resources allegedly required for effective family intervention.
Jennifer L. Matjasko, Sarah Beth Barnett, and James A. Mercy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814789308
- eISBN:
- 9780814760239
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814789308.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Economic Sociology
This chapter describes a cyclical dynamic between macroeconomic factors and families affecting child outcomes. Both short- and long-term economic strains disrupt the ability of families to provide a ...
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This chapter describes a cyclical dynamic between macroeconomic factors and families affecting child outcomes. Both short- and long-term economic strains disrupt the ability of families to provide a nurturing and positive developmental environment. Drawing on the family stress and the family investment models, the chapter shows how long-term and short-term economic strains can differentially increase irritability, anger, depression, substance use, harsh parenting, family conflict, and other problems within families, potentially leading to adjustment and academic problems among children; and affect decisions families make about resources they can (and cannot) provide for educational and developmental support. Further, Robert Agnew's general strain theory suggests an additional family stressor from a general frustration created by resource deprivation. This chapter thus proposes a model for capturing the cyclical dynamic that predicts different family—and thus youth—outcomes by type of economic strain, with implications for intervention.Less
This chapter describes a cyclical dynamic between macroeconomic factors and families affecting child outcomes. Both short- and long-term economic strains disrupt the ability of families to provide a nurturing and positive developmental environment. Drawing on the family stress and the family investment models, the chapter shows how long-term and short-term economic strains can differentially increase irritability, anger, depression, substance use, harsh parenting, family conflict, and other problems within families, potentially leading to adjustment and academic problems among children; and affect decisions families make about resources they can (and cannot) provide for educational and developmental support. Further, Robert Agnew's general strain theory suggests an additional family stressor from a general frustration created by resource deprivation. This chapter thus proposes a model for capturing the cyclical dynamic that predicts different family—and thus youth—outcomes by type of economic strain, with implications for intervention.
J. Durbin and S.J. Koopman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- December 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199641178
- eISBN:
- 9780191774881
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641178.003.0009
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Probability / Statistics
This chapter discusses the range of non-Gaussian and nonlinear models that can be analysed using the methods of Part II. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 9.2 considers an important ...
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This chapter discusses the range of non-Gaussian and nonlinear models that can be analysed using the methods of Part II. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 9.2 considers an important special form of the general linear non-Gaussian model. Sections 9.3–9.6 examine special cases of some subclasses of models of interest, namely exponential family models, heavy-tailed models, stochastic volatility model and other financial models. Section 9.7 describes some classes of nonlinear models of interest.Less
This chapter discusses the range of non-Gaussian and nonlinear models that can be analysed using the methods of Part II. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 9.2 considers an important special form of the general linear non-Gaussian model. Sections 9.3–9.6 examine special cases of some subclasses of models of interest, namely exponential family models, heavy-tailed models, stochastic volatility model and other financial models. Section 9.7 describes some classes of nonlinear models of interest.
Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814708934
- eISBN:
- 9780814708941
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814708934.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of ...
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This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of marriage and the resulting increase in non-marital families with parenting disputes, the prevalence of stepfamilies, the increase in grandparent and other non-parental caretakers of children, the rise of gay and lesbian families, and the sharp increase in pro se parties in family court. The chapter also explores the mismatch between the complex realities of today's families and the more simplistic assumptions that underlie the new paradigm. Although the new paradigm aims to offer a new vision for the resolution of family conflict, it leaves largely unexamined the models of family and intimate relationships on which the traditional, adversary model was based. As a result, the new paradigm assumes a family structure that is both more static and more homogeneous than today's reality.Less
This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of marriage and the resulting increase in non-marital families with parenting disputes, the prevalence of stepfamilies, the increase in grandparent and other non-parental caretakers of children, the rise of gay and lesbian families, and the sharp increase in pro se parties in family court. The chapter also explores the mismatch between the complex realities of today's families and the more simplistic assumptions that underlie the new paradigm. Although the new paradigm aims to offer a new vision for the resolution of family conflict, it leaves largely unexamined the models of family and intimate relationships on which the traditional, adversary model was based. As a result, the new paradigm assumes a family structure that is both more static and more homogeneous than today's reality.
Barry M. Wagner
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300112504
- eISBN:
- 9780300156362
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300112504.003.0003
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter examines theoretical models of suicide and nonfatal suicidal behaviors. The models of suicidal behavior include sociological, psychological, biological, family, and biopsychosocial ...
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This chapter examines theoretical models of suicide and nonfatal suicidal behaviors. The models of suicidal behavior include sociological, psychological, biological, family, and biopsychosocial models. Sociological models are categorized into egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic suicides. Psychological models include psychodynamic, cognitive, social learning, and psychological and interpersonal models. The chapter also discusses the developmental theories that are applicable for constructing models of suicidal processes.Less
This chapter examines theoretical models of suicide and nonfatal suicidal behaviors. The models of suicidal behavior include sociological, psychological, biological, family, and biopsychosocial models. Sociological models are categorized into egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic suicides. Psychological models include psychodynamic, cognitive, social learning, and psychological and interpersonal models. The chapter also discusses the developmental theories that are applicable for constructing models of suicidal processes.
Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814708934
- eISBN:
- 9780814708941
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814708934.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of ...
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This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of marriage and the resulting increase in non-marital families with parenting disputes, the prevalence of stepfamilies, the increase in grandparent and other non-parental caretakers of children, the rise of gay and lesbian families, and the sharp increase in pro se parties in family court. The chapter also explores the mismatch between the complex realities of today's families and the more simplistic assumptions that underlie the new paradigm. Although the new paradigm aims to offer a new vision for the resolution of family conflict, it leaves largely unexamined the models of family and intimate relationships on which the traditional, adversary model was based. As a result, the new paradigm assumes a family structure that is both more static and more homogeneous than today's reality.
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This chapter focuses on recent changes in the structure and characteristics of the families who interact with the new paradigm of family dispute resolution. These changes include the decline of marriage and the resulting increase in non-marital families with parenting disputes, the prevalence of stepfamilies, the increase in grandparent and other non-parental caretakers of children, the rise of gay and lesbian families, and the sharp increase in pro se parties in family court. The chapter also explores the mismatch between the complex realities of today's families and the more simplistic assumptions that underlie the new paradigm. Although the new paradigm aims to offer a new vision for the resolution of family conflict, it leaves largely unexamined the models of family and intimate relationships on which the traditional, adversary model was based. As a result, the new paradigm assumes a family structure that is both more static and more homogeneous than today's reality.
Marit Rønsen and Kari Skrede
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346452
- eISBN:
- 9781447303015
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346452.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter discusses the connection between the policies of parenthood and fertility levels. It argues that the role of family policies in maintaining high fertility levels is often overstated. It ...
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This chapter discusses the connection between the policies of parenthood and fertility levels. It argues that the role of family policies in maintaining high fertility levels is often overstated. It also determines that the current Nordic fertility patterns indicate that a sustainable level of fertility in the long run is dependent on parenthood policies with stronger incentives for gender equality. The chapter also discusses the fertility development of the Nordic countries and the ‘Nordic model of family welfare’, and introduces the concept of fertility dynamics.Less
This chapter discusses the connection between the policies of parenthood and fertility levels. It argues that the role of family policies in maintaining high fertility levels is often overstated. It also determines that the current Nordic fertility patterns indicate that a sustainable level of fertility in the long run is dependent on parenthood policies with stronger incentives for gender equality. The chapter also discusses the fertility development of the Nordic countries and the ‘Nordic model of family welfare’, and introduces the concept of fertility dynamics.
Cynthia Eller
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520248595
- eISBN:
- 9780520948556
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520248595.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This book traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. It explores the intellectual history ...
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This book traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. It explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. The book tells the stories these men told, analyzes the gendered assumptions they made, and provides the necessary context for understanding how feminists of the 1970s and 1980s embraced as historical “fact” a discredited nineteenth-century idea.Less
This book traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. It explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. The book tells the stories these men told, analyzes the gendered assumptions they made, and provides the necessary context for understanding how feminists of the 1970s and 1980s embraced as historical “fact” a discredited nineteenth-century idea.
Russell Cheng
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198505044
- eISBN:
- 9780191746390
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198505044.003.0003
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Probability / Statistics
This book relies on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of parameters. Asymptotic theory assumes regularity conditions hold when the ML estimator is consistent. Typically an additional third ...
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This book relies on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of parameters. Asymptotic theory assumes regularity conditions hold when the ML estimator is consistent. Typically an additional third derivative condition is assumed to ensure that the ML estimator is also asymptotically normally distributed. Standard asymptotic results that then hold are summarized in this chapter; for example, the asymptotic variance of the ML estimator is then given by the Fisher information formula, and the log-likelihood ratio, the Wald and the score statistics for testing the statistical significance of parameter estimates are all asymptotically equivalent. Also, the useful profile log-likelihood then behaves exactly as a standard log-likelihood only in a parameter space of just one dimension. Further, the model can be reparametrized to make it locally orthogonal in the neighbourhood of the true parameter value. The large exponential family of models is briefly reviewed where a unified set of regular conditions can be obtained.Less
This book relies on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of parameters. Asymptotic theory assumes regularity conditions hold when the ML estimator is consistent. Typically an additional third derivative condition is assumed to ensure that the ML estimator is also asymptotically normally distributed. Standard asymptotic results that then hold are summarized in this chapter; for example, the asymptotic variance of the ML estimator is then given by the Fisher information formula, and the log-likelihood ratio, the Wald and the score statistics for testing the statistical significance of parameter estimates are all asymptotically equivalent. Also, the useful profile log-likelihood then behaves exactly as a standard log-likelihood only in a parameter space of just one dimension. Further, the model can be reparametrized to make it locally orthogonal in the neighbourhood of the true parameter value. The large exponential family of models is briefly reviewed where a unified set of regular conditions can be obtained.
Naomi Cahn and June Carbone
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199836819
- eISBN:
- 9780190260255
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199836819.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This book identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the “blue states” in the last three presidential elections, the Blue ...
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This book identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the “blue states” in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's, as well as men's, workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are emotionally and financially ready. By contrast, the Red Family Paradigm—associated with the Bible Belt, the mountain west, and rural America—rejects these new family norms, viewing the change in moral and sexual values as a crisis. In this world, the prospect of teen childbirth is the necessary deterrent to premarital sex, marriage is a sacred undertaking between a man and a woman, and divorce is society's greatest moral challenge. Yet, the changing economy is rapidly eliminating the stable, blue collar jobs that have historically supported young families, and early marriage and childbearing derail the education needed to prosper. The result is that the areas of the country most committed to traditional values have the highest divorce and teen pregnancy rates, fueling greater calls to reinstill traditional values. The book show how the Red-Blue divide goes much deeper than this value system conflict—the Red States have increasingly said “no” to Blue State legal norms, and, as a result, family law has been rent in two. The book close with a consideration of where these different family systems still overlap, and suggest solutions that permit rebuilding support for both types of families in changing economic circumstances.Less
This book identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the “blue states” in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's, as well as men's, workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are emotionally and financially ready. By contrast, the Red Family Paradigm—associated with the Bible Belt, the mountain west, and rural America—rejects these new family norms, viewing the change in moral and sexual values as a crisis. In this world, the prospect of teen childbirth is the necessary deterrent to premarital sex, marriage is a sacred undertaking between a man and a woman, and divorce is society's greatest moral challenge. Yet, the changing economy is rapidly eliminating the stable, blue collar jobs that have historically supported young families, and early marriage and childbearing derail the education needed to prosper. The result is that the areas of the country most committed to traditional values have the highest divorce and teen pregnancy rates, fueling greater calls to reinstill traditional values. The book show how the Red-Blue divide goes much deeper than this value system conflict—the Red States have increasingly said “no” to Blue State legal norms, and, as a result, family law has been rent in two. The book close with a consideration of where these different family systems still overlap, and suggest solutions that permit rebuilding support for both types of families in changing economic circumstances.
Naomi Cahn and June Carbone
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199836819
- eISBN:
- 9780190260255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199836819.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
While contraception is the vital aspect of the blue family model, abortion is the unfortunate yet essential backup. This is in contrast with the red family model wherein the issue of abortion paved ...
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While contraception is the vital aspect of the blue family model, abortion is the unfortunate yet essential backup. This is in contrast with the red family model wherein the issue of abortion paved the way for the reinforcement of traditional values. The status of abortion as a symbol of cultural dispute stemmed from the inclusion of religious teachings opposing the transformation of family morals, making it difficult to determine the political and legal grounds of abortion. This chapter looks at the abortion debate as likely a division between the absolutist and contextualist views in relation to the red-blue dichotomy, as well as its relevance in deciding about political preferences. It also discusses the issue of parental involvement in decisions regarding teen abortion as it is an important element in the distinction between the family paradigms and the regulation of abortion rights.Less
While contraception is the vital aspect of the blue family model, abortion is the unfortunate yet essential backup. This is in contrast with the red family model wherein the issue of abortion paved the way for the reinforcement of traditional values. The status of abortion as a symbol of cultural dispute stemmed from the inclusion of religious teachings opposing the transformation of family morals, making it difficult to determine the political and legal grounds of abortion. This chapter looks at the abortion debate as likely a division between the absolutist and contextualist views in relation to the red-blue dichotomy, as well as its relevance in deciding about political preferences. It also discusses the issue of parental involvement in decisions regarding teen abortion as it is an important element in the distinction between the family paradigms and the regulation of abortion rights.
