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OverviewThe divorce rate has been rising throughout the twentieth century, with a significant increase in the last twenty years, so that now some forty five percent of marriages currently end in divorce. How and why has this happened? How has the law and the state changed to accommodate and facilitate this and what changes in society's attitudes have affected family breakdown? To answer these important questions colin Gibson takes a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the history, demography, sociology, politics and policy of divorce. The first half of Dissolving Wedlock traces the interaction between social change, marriage patterns, family law and Parliamentary legislation from the eighteenth century to the present. The second half looks at family policy choices and examines such matters as the welfare and financial support of children and their carers in the light of the new child Support Act, and the two-tier court system for handling the casualties of broken marriages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin Gibson , Colin GibsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780415032261ISBN 10: 0415032261 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 25 November 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I Before Civil Divorce 1. Ecclesiastical influence and jurisdiction in matrimonial matters 2. Decline of the ecclesiastical courts 3. Parliamentary divorce 4. The coming of judicial divorce Part II Divorce or Separation 5. Constraints of poverty and gender 6. Between the Wars 7. From matrimonial offence to irretrievable breakdown Part III Marriage Patterns in the Twentieth Century 8. Changing family patterns 9. The resort to divorce: the social evidence 10. The reconstituted family Part IV Marriage Breakdown Today 11. Divorce: the legal evidence 12. Family breakdown, protection and the law 13. Accounting for family support 14. Marriage breakdown in the 1990s Notes Bibliography Name index Subject indexReviews`... readable, multidisciplinary analysis ... will be of interest to all concerned with the welfare of the individual of the family.' - Institute of Health Education `Should be required reading for those people who wish to set themselves up as arbiters of others' sexual and marital behaviour...' - Claire Rayner, The Sunday Times Author InformationDr Colin Gibson, Colin Gibson Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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