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Governments and Marriage Education Policy: Perspectives from the UK, US and Australia

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Author(s): Elizabeth van Acker
Year: 2008

Language: English
Pages: 240

Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Introduction: Government and Marriage: Strange Bedfellows?......Page 14
Part I: Changing Perceptions of Marriage......Page 26
1 The Problem of Marriage......Page 28
2 Tensions within Marriage: Public Institution or Private Choice?......Page 46
Part II: Marriage Education in Three Liberal Democracies......Page 74
3 The UK – Governments Supporting Children......Page 76
4 Australia – Government Shifts in Supporting Marriage and Relationship Education......Page 106
5 The US – Governments Promoting 'Healthy' Marriage......Page 133
Part III: Challenges for Governments......Page 170
6 Individualism and the Private Sphere......Page 172
7 Managing the Public Policy Process......Page 196
Conclusions: Reinventing Marriage?......Page 220
Notes......Page 226
Bibliography......Page 232
A......Page 252
B......Page 253
D......Page 254
G......Page 255
L......Page 256
M......Page 257
N......Page 258
R......Page 259
U......Page 260
Z......Page 262