Promises to Keep: Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847682315 ISBN 13: 9780847682317

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. Promises to Keep presents the full text of The Council on Families in America's 1995 investigation, Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation, and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with insupportable social costs. Sponsored by The Institute for American Values.

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About the Author

William A. Galston holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies Program. He was previously the Saul Stern Professor and Acting Dean at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, and director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. He served from 1993 to 1995 as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy. Galston is the author of five books and nearly one hundred articles in moral and political theory, American politics, and public policy. He has a regular column in the Wall Street Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847682315
• ISBN 13: 9780847682317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Popenoe David