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Defiant dads : fathers' rights activists in America

Title
Defiant dads : fathers' rights activists in America / Jocelyn Elise Crowley.
Author
Crowley, Jocelyn Elise, 1970-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

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Description
x, 306 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Fathers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Divorced fathers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Custody of children > United States
  • Child support > Law and legislation > United States
  • Self-help groups > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.
Contents
A coming revolution in fathers' rights? -- The origins of fathers' rights groups in the United States -- Membership dynamics in fathers' rights groups -- Becoming the chief : patterns of leadership and governance in fathers' rights groups -- Money changes everything, or American child support policy -- The custody wars -- Frayed ties : fathers' relationships with mothers -- The ties that bind : fathers' relationships with their children -- "Crooked trees," activism, and healing in dissolved families.
Call Number
JFE 08-8187
ISBN
  • 9780801446900 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801446902 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008020312
OCLC
227192094
Author
Crowley, Jocelyn Elise, 1970-
Title
Defiant dads : fathers' rights activists in America / Jocelyn Elise Crowley.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-8187
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