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The marriage dialogue
Using the contemporary example of same-sex marriage, the author uses his first-hand experience as a Member of Parliament to examine the "dialogue" theory of Charter of Rights and Freedoms politics and decision-making role of legislators. The dialogue between courts, legislatures and Canadians is …
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His marriage and her marriage: gender differences in time use in China
The purposes of this study were to describe patterns of time use and to identify some of the sources of the gender gap in time expenditures in both urban and rural China. Based on previous theoretical perspectives, a number of individual and family structure characteristics were proposed to form a …
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Is Marriage Education Effective? A Meta-Analytic Review of Marriage Education Programs
… have attempted to answer the question: Is marriage education effective (Carroll & Doherty, 2003; Halford, Markman, Kline & Stanley, 2003; Reardon-Anderson, Stagner, Macomber, & Murray, 2004)? However, previous meta-analytic studies have been somewhat limited in their conclusions because …
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Marriage Migration, Citizenship, and Vulnerability: The International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA)
In 2005, following the deaths of several marriage migrants known as "mail-order brides", the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act was created. Designed to regulate the international matchmaking industry and provide women with the information to make informed, safe decisions about their …
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Experiences of Sacramental Marriage
… couples about their experiences approaching marriage as a religious sacrament. The eight couples represented a purposeful sample selected using the following criteria: (a) They self-identified as having a sacramental marriage within the Roman Catholic tradition; (b) they appeared to be …
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A MARRIAGE SEWN TOGETHER
<p><em>A Marriage Sewn Together </em>is a creative writing thesis in three parts. Forming the thesis is a collection of very short essays, <em>A Startling Passage</em>, a short story, “Perigee,” and a novella, <em>This Is Not Our Revolution</em>. The latter pieces are fictional and take place in …
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The Problem with Marriage
Screenplay
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Marriage And Family In India
… dimensions of family life in contemporary India, marriage partner selection and female seclusion, using three different data sources: 48 interviews with the middle-class in New Delhi, panel survey data from the India Human Development Survey, and survey data from the Center for the Advanced Study …
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Meidob kinship, marriage and residence
… problems is found through a detailed analysis of marriage and residence . Through looking at patterns of marriage within the kin group, and at the process of establishing a new household, the way t hat the different groups come into play is made apparent. By studying residence patterns and their …
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Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
The fight for same-sex marriage in the United States is a contemporary topic of law and politics. The Supreme Court will issue a decision on the matter by June 2013. Same-sex marriage, as a state's jurisdiction, has three routes the Supreme Court can choose: strict scrutiny with the Due Process …
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Attribution theory and marriage guidance counselling
… some aspects of the counselling process within Marriage Guidance Council Counselling sessions. The first area of investigation chosen was the interaction of the counsellors image of the ideal client with her perceived image of real clients. Unfortunately, it was not possible to pursue this …
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Aging And The Gains From Marriage
Men and women have distinct marriage patterns over the lifecycle. In the contemporary USA, marriages for women are concentrated earlier in the lifecycle, whereas for men they are spread out later in the lifecycle. In particular, this means that men are more likely than women to get married in …
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Acculturation in marriage institutions in India.
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Continuity and change in Chinese marriage
… has been characterised by a trend towards later marriage, greater marital instability, and increases in non-marital pregnancy and unmarried cohabitation. At the same time, many other features of Chinese marriage patterns have changed very little. Marriage remains near universal, especially among …
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Continuity and change in Chinese marriage
… has been characterised by a trend towards later marriage, greater marital instability, and increases in non-marital pregnancy and unmarried cohabitation. At the same time, many other features of Chinese marriage patterns have changed very little. Marriage remains near universal, especially among …
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