| Title |
World changes in divorce patterns / William J. Goode. |
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| Publication Info. |
New Haven : Yale University Press, [1993] |
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©1993 |
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| University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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306.89 G647W |
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| Description |
xiii, 354 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Cross-National Analysis of Changes in Divorce Patterns -- 2. Divorce in Europe: Emergence of the General Pattern -- 3. Southern European Catholic Countries: The Recent Permission to Divorce -- 4. The Nordic Countries: Public Programs for Dealing with the Consequences of Divorce -- 5. Eastern Europe: Polities as Agents of Marital Dissolution -- 6. The Anglo Countries: The Common-Law Tradition in Different Settings -- 7. Latin America: A Regional System of Formal and Informal Divorce -- 8. Stable High-Divorce-Rate Systems and Their Decline: Japan and Malaysia -- 9. The Arab World: Internal Changes with Few Clear Trends in Divorce Rates -- 10. Three Patterns of Declining Divorce Rates in Asia: Under Industrial Growth in Indonesia and Taiwan and under Strong Governmental Intervention in China -- 11. Conclusion and Further Themes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Divorce -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Divorce |
| ISBN |
0300055374 |
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