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Remarriage as an Incomplete Institution
Abstract
The higher divorce rate for remarriages after divorce than for first marriages, it is argued, is due to the incomplete institutionalization of remarriage after divorce in the United States. Persons who are remarried after a divorce and have children from previous marriages face problems unlike those encountered in first marriages. The institution of the family provides no standard solutions to many of these problems, with the result that the unity of families of remarriages after divorce often becomes precarious. The incomplete institutionalization of ramarriage shows us, by way of contrast, that family unity in first marriages is still supported by effective institutional controls, despite claims that the institutional nature of family life has eroded in the 20th century. Some suggestions for future research on remarriage and on the institutionalization of married life are presented.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cherlin, A.
- Venue
- American Journal of Sociology
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1978-11
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 634-650
- ISSN
- 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5390
- OpenAlex
- W2095584686
- Cited by
- 949
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 14.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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