Come in and browse current research and academic thinking on marriage, and its relevance to today's society
Features
Facts about Marriage
Compilation of information about marriage, divorce and cohabitation by the Marriage Foundation
A Brief History of Marriage
An overview (written in 2002) of how marriage has change and developed in UK over the past thouand plus years!
America's Social Revolution
What can we learn from the way USA is tackling social issues in relationship to family life.
Articles on Family issues from US Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and traditional American values.
Beyond the Myth of Marital Happiness
How Embracing the Virtues of Loyalty, Generosity, Justice, and Courage Can Strengthen Your Relationship. This book debunks the popular notion of what defines a good marriage and shows couples how they can renew and strengthen their partnerships.
Can Government Rescue Marriages?
Drs Stanley and Markman of the University of Denver and PREP, Inc., look at what government can do to strengthen marriage from a US perspective.
CARE Briefing Paper - For Better or for Worse
A look at marriage, cohabitation and family breakdown; Philippa Taylor - Paper presented to The International Marriage Conference, June 2000, Plymouth
Does Marriage Matter
What is the importance of marriage for children, adults and society?
End of Marriage : Individualism and Intimate Relations
This newly published book reviews the debate surrounding the causes of family change, and suggests that the ‘cultural variable’ has been neglected, and that it is important to look at changes in normative expectations as well as in behavior.
Facts About Marital Distress and Divorce
Drs Stanley & Markman of the University of Denver and PREP, Inc.,review some of the research findings about marital distress and divorce.
Family Matters
A Report to The Home Secretary, The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, from The Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group, Chairman, Lord Ashbourne, 15 July 1998
Making and Breaking Families
Making and Breaking Families looks at the different groups which go to make a family today. Each have special strengths and vulnerabilities. Helpful, too, for counsellors, teachers, health visitors and anyone working with families today.
Search for Opinion polls on Marriage
MORI conduct hundreds of polls each year, and report on polls by others. Here you can check for info on their latest findings.
The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families
In this study of the implications of broken marriages, the author posits that there is a direct connection between Americans' tolerance for no-fault divorce and unmarried cohabitation, and the country's rising rates of childhood delinquency, teenage births, abuse and single-parent families.
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
Breakup's effect on children often reaches far into adulthood, says new book based on 25-year study
What works in Relationship Education?
Summary and papers from colloquium held Sept 2008 in London on lessons from academics and service deliverers in the US and Europe
Why we don't marry
An overview of the social and philosophical changes through the Enlightenment, and how they influece 21st Century attitudes to marriage.