Are Governments and Marriage Strange Bedfellows?
Author(s)
Kim Halford, W.
van Acker, Elizabeth
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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An interesting development since the 1950s has been that some national governments
introduced social policies that promote and fund couple relationship education (CRE).
This situation represents a new focus for governments in attempting to promote certain
characteristics of intimate couple relationships. In this chapter we describe the changing
nature of couple relationships, which provides the context within which such policies
developed; and we analyze the social policies on CRE of the national governments
in Australia, the United States (U.S.) and the United Kingdom (U.K.). The chapter
also includes recommendations on how ...
View more >An interesting development since the 1950s has been that some national governments introduced social policies that promote and fund couple relationship education (CRE). This situation represents a new focus for governments in attempting to promote certain characteristics of intimate couple relationships. In this chapter we describe the changing nature of couple relationships, which provides the context within which such policies developed; and we analyze the social policies on CRE of the national governments in Australia, the United States (U.S.) and the United Kingdom (U.K.). The chapter also includes recommendations on how the available evidence should influence social policy.
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View more >An interesting development since the 1950s has been that some national governments introduced social policies that promote and fund couple relationship education (CRE). This situation represents a new focus for governments in attempting to promote certain characteristics of intimate couple relationships. In this chapter we describe the changing nature of couple relationships, which provides the context within which such policies developed; and we analyze the social policies on CRE of the national governments in Australia, the United States (U.S.) and the United Kingdom (U.K.). The chapter also includes recommendations on how the available evidence should influence social policy.
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Book Title
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships
Subject
Social Policy