Undercurrents of Divorce (Paperback, 1)

Contents: Introduction: The Family Law Act 1996 in context, Shelley Day Sclater and Christine Piper. Children and Parents: In whose best interests? Theorizing family life following parental separation or divorce, Bren Neale and Carol Smart; Children and divorce: a private affair?, Jeremy Roche; The wishes and feelings of the child, Christine Piper; Contact, conflict and risk, Felicity Kaganas. Husbands and Wives: From women's emancipation to sex war?; Men, heterosexuality and the politics of divorce, Richard Collier; Divorce: a psychodynamic perspective, Joanne Brown and Shelley Day Sclater; Experiences of divorce, Shelley Day Sclater; Divorce and domestic violence, Felicity Kaganas and Christine Piper; Dividing the family assets, Alison Diduck. Conclusions: Changing divorce, Christine Piper and Shelley Day Sclater; Index.