I. INTRODUCTION.
1. Norval D. Glenn, Who's Who in the Family Wars: A Characterization of the Major Ideological Factions. 2. Nijole V. Benokraitis, How Family Wars Affect Us: Four Models of Family Change and Their Consequences. II. DEFINING MARRIAGE AND FAMILY ISSUES.
3. Current Perspectives on the Family. Conservative: Patrick F. Fagan,
The Breakdown of the Family. Centrist: Jean Elshtain, Enola Aird, Amitai Etzioni, William Galston, Mary Ann Glendon, Martha Minow, and Alice Rossi,
A Communitarian Position on the Family. Liberal/Feminist: Stephanie Coontz,
Why We Miss the 1950s. 4. Family Values. Conservative: James Q. Wilson,
The Family-Values Debate. Centrist: Dennis Orthner,
The Revolution in Family Norms. Liberal/Feminist: Arlene Skolnick and Stacey Rosencrantz,
The New Crusade for the Old Family. 5. Women's and Men's Family Roles. Conservative: George Gilder,
Women Should Domesticate Men for Marriage. Centrist: Maggie Gallagher,
Gender Roles: A Taboo Subject. Liberal/Feminist: Betty Carter and Joan K. Peters,
Remaking Marriage and Family Roles. III. LOVE, SEX, AND MARRIAGE.
6. Love and Courtship. Conservative: Leon Kass,
The End of Courtship. Centrist: Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton,
Love and Individualism. Liberal/Feminist: Carol Tavris,
Women as Love's Experts and Love's Victims. 7. Sex and Cohabitation. Conservative: Laura Schlessinger,
Stupid Cohabitation: The Ultimate Female Self-Delusion. Centrist: William J. Doherty,
How Therapists Threaten Marriages. Liberal/Feminist: Andrea Martin,
Why Get Married? 8. Marriage. Conservative: Steven Flanders,
The Benefits of Marriage. Centrist: Linda J. Waite,
Social Science Finds: Marriage Matters. Liberal/Feminist: Karen R. Blaisure and Katherine R. Allen,
Feminism and Marital Equality. IV. PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
9. Single-Parent Families. Conservative: Bryce Christensen,
Imperiled Infants. Centrist: David Popenoe,
The Carnage of Declining Marriage and Fatherhood. Liberal/Feminist: Judith Stacey,
The Father Fixation. 10. Raising Children. Conservative: Den A. Trumbull and S. DuBose Ravenel,
Spare the Rod? Centrist: John P. Bartkowski and Christopher G. Ellison,
Conservative vs. Mainstream Models of Childrearing in Popular Manuals. Liberal/Feminist: Murray S. Straus,
Ten Myths that Perpetuate Corporal Punishment. 11. Gay and Lesbian Families. Conservative: Lawrence F. Burtoft,
Gay Parenting and the Developmental Needs of Children. Centrist: Barbara F. Okun,
Gay and Lesbian Parenting. Liberal/Feminist: Thomas B. Stoddard,
Why Gay People Should Seek the Right to Marry. V. WORK, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SOCIAL CLASS VARIATIONS.
12. Work and Family Life. Conservative: Family Research Council,
Children's Needs and Parents' Careers. Centrist: Dana Mack,
Parenting, Bureaucratic Style. Liberal/Feminist: Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers,
Ozzie and Harriet Are Dead. 13. Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Conservative: Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom,
Black Family Structure and Poverty. Centrist: Amitai Etzioni,
Multiculturalism or One People? Liberal/Feminist: Lynet Uttal,
Racial Safety and Cultural Maintenance in Childcare. 14. The Impact of Social Class. Conservative: Carl F. Horowitz,
Searching for the White Underclass. Centrist: Susan E. Mayer,
What Money Can't Buy. Liberal/Feminist: Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein,
Making Ends Meet. VI. FAMILY CRISES AND TRANSITIONS.
15. Family Violence. Conservative: Patricia Pearson,
Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence. Centrist: Richard J. Gelles,
Myths about Family Violence. Liberal/Feminist: Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash, Margo Wilson, and Martin Daly,
The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence. 16. Divorce. Conservative: Glenn T. Stanton,
Finding Fault with No-Fault Divorce. Centrist: Barbara Dafoe Whitehead,
Dismantling the Divorce Culture. Liberal/Feminist: Demie Kurz,
Why Women Seek Divorce. 17. Remarriage and Stepfamilies. Conservative: William A. Heth,
Why Remarriage Is Wrong. Centrist: David Blankenhom,
The Stepfather as Nonfather. Liberal/Feminist: Sarah Turner,
My Wife-in-Law and Me: Reflections on a Joint-Custody Stepparenting Relationship. 18. Family Policies. Conservative: Charles Murray,
What Government Must Do to Reduce Welfare. Centrist: Laura A. Wilson and Robert P. Stoker,
Is Federal Welfare Reform Helping or Hurting Poor Families? Liberal/Feminist: Ruth Sidel,
Abandoning Poor Families. 