David Popenoe 
War Over the Family [PDF ebook] 

One of the most surprising and controversial social debates of the past two decades has been about the meaning and importance of marriage and the family in contemporary American life. Referred to by some as a culture ‘war over the family, ‘ the debate has pitted those concerned about the weakening of the traditional married-parent nuclear family, especially in its impact on children, against those arguing that nothing has gone wrong with families–that they are merely ‘diversifying.’ David Popenoe has been one of the most influential figures in laying out for a wide audience the importance of ‘family decline, ‘ and what it means for our children, our society, and our future.

Over de auteur

David Popenoe is professor of sociology emeritus and was co-director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. He is the author or editor of numerous books and articles and as co-chair of the Council on Families in America, he was the primary author of its pioneering 1995 report Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation. Some of his other works include Promises to Keep: Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America and War Over the Family.