| Dissolving Wedlock Contributor(s): Gibson, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415032253 ISBN-13: 9780415032254 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1993 Annotation: In "Dissolving Wedlock," Colin Gibson takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject of divorce, the current fate for forty-five percent of all marriages. Gibson's study combines the demographic, historical, social and legal evidence of the changing nature of marriage breakdown, placing particular emphasis on the state's processing of broken marriages in England and Wales. The first half traces the interaction between social change, marriage patterns, family law and Parliamentary legislation from the eighteenth century to the present. Gibson also examines the consequences of morally and socially divisive legal regulations which sanctioned separation but harshly restricted divorce as well as the possibility of remarriage. The third section compares past (specifically Victorian) with present family patterns and stability and focuses on recent family policies such as the Child Support Act. Gibson concludes that a more open, consumer-oriented state, which provides citizens with greater freedom of choice, has helped to remold individual expectations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 306.890 |
| LCCN: 93007386 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Divorce |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The divorce rate has been rising significantly throughout the twentieth century. By interweaving the historical, demographic, sociological, legal, political and policy aspects of this increase, Colin Gibson explores the effects it has had on family patterns and habits. Dissolving Wedlock presents a multi-disciplinary examination of all the socio-legal consequences of family breakdown. Dissolving Wedlock will be invaluable reading to all lecturers and students of social policy, sociology and social work as well as to professionals and lawyers working in the field of divorce. |