{"product_id":"intimate-associations-j-herbie-difonzo-9780472035380","title":"Intimate Associations: The Law and Culture of American Families","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rise in divorce, cohabitation, single parenthood, and same-sex partnerships, along with an increase in surrogacy, adoption, and assisted reproductive technologies, has led to many diverse configurations of families, or intimate associations. J. Herbie DiFonzo and Ruth C. Stern chart these trends over the past several decades and investigate their social, legal, and economic implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon a wealth of social science data, they show that, by a number of measures, children of married parents fare better than children in a household formed by cohabiting adults. This is not to condemn nontraditional families, but to point out that society and the law do not yet adequately provide for their needs. The authors applaud the ways in which courts and legislatures are beginning to replace rigid concepts of marriage and parenthood with the more flexible concept of \"functional\" family roles. In the conclusion, they call for a legal system that can adapt to the continually changing reality of family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Herbie Difonzo, Ruth C. Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047203538X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472035380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014","brand":"J. Herbie Difonzo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47243990991103,"sku":"9780472035380","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d32225f1-f731-405f-9aca-31c6fc166974.jpg?v=1758134670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intimate-associations-j-herbie-difonzo-9780472035380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}