Interests the Government Should have in Promoting Marriage

Assignment type Essay
Discipline Political Science
Description Compose a brief essay of at least 550 words (not including your references list) on the following topic, referring to and critiquing relevant ideas from at least three of the Week 6 readings as you develop your thoughts: Census figures that present evidence on these topics: • Births to unmarried women by country • Marriage and divorce rates by country • Single Parent Households by country (1980 – 2008) Women in the Workforce rates (Marriage) by Country Susan M. Bianchi and Lynne Casper: “American Families” (2000) Walter Williams: “The State Against Blacks” Encyclopedia of Sociology: “American Families” Gertrude Himmelfarb: “Second Thoughts on Civil Society” Stephanie Koontz: “Taking Marriage Private” (2007)