Red Families V. Blue Families : Legal Polarization and the Creation of Cultur...

by June Carbone, Naomi Cahn

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Red Families V. Blue Families : Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture, Hardcover by Cahn, Naomi; Carbone, June, ISBN 0195372174, ISBN-13 9780195372175, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "[This book] identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the "blue states" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are emotionally and financially ready. By contrast, the Red Family Paradigm--associated with the Bible Belt, the mountain west, and rural America--rejects these new family norms, viewing the change in moral and sexual values as a crisis. In this world, the prospect of teen childbirth is the necessary deterrent to premarital sex, marriage is a sacred undertaking between a man and a woman, and divorce is society's greatest moral challenge. Yet, the changing economy is rapidly eliminating the stable, blue collar jobs that have historically supported young families, and early marriage and childbearing derail the education needed to result is that the areas of the country most committed to traditional values have the highest divorce and teen pregnancy rates, fueling greater calls to reinstill traditional values. [This book] will transform our understanding of contemporary American culture and law. The authors show ho

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2010
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195372175
• Condition: Fine

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