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The Strange Politics of Child Support.
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Christensen, Bryce – Society, 2001
Asserts that instead of putting children at risk through more costly and politically problematic child support enforcement strategies, policymakers should reinforce rather than undermine the social ideal of marriage. Discusses the logic of shotgun weddings, the results of no-fault divorces, punishment of innocent fathers by harsh child support…
Descriptors: Child Support, Divorce, Fathers, Marriage