附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
摘要:Examines trends in divorce worldwide, analyzing information on Asian and Arab countries, Latin America, Western Europe and the Anglo countries. Topics include: the rise in cohabitation; the relation between divorce and such factors as age and class; and the problems caused by divorce.
