{"product_id":"the-marriage-go-round-the-state-of-marriage-and-the-family-in-america-today-paperback","title":"The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Cherlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a landmark book that's \"intriguing [and] provocative\" and presents \"an original thesis [to explain] this peculiar paradox--we idealize marriage and yet we're so bad at it\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew J. Cherlin's three decades of study have shown him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn't in other developed countries. Americans marry and divorce more often and have more live-in partners than Europeans, and gay Americans have more interest in legalizing same-sex marriage. The difference comes from Americans' embrace of two contradictory cultural ideals: marriage, a formal commitment to share one's life with another; and individualism, which emphasizes personal choice and self-development. Religion and law in America reinforce both of these behavioral poles, fueling turmoil in our family life and heated debate in our public life. Cherlin's incisive diagnosis is an important contribution to the debate and points the way to slowing down the partnership merry-go-round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW J. CHERLIN is the Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePublic and Private Families\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and on the op-ed pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He has been a recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and the Distinguished Career Award from the Family Section of the American Sociological Association. He lives in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413683302502,"sku":"9780307386380","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/veLe8OJtJG9780307386380.webp?v=1769989864","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-marriage-go-round-the-state-of-marriage-and-the-family-in-america-today-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}