MARRIAGE MATTERS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OF MARRIAGE

Book ID/图书代码： 13149011B49406

English Summary/英文概要： In Marriage Matters, Janice Shaw Crouse argues that marriage is a critical element in a free society and that society’s most vulnerable communities, especially minorities and the poor, suffer the most from the nation’s retreat from marriage. Crouse writes that marriage advances the public interest and we should create laws and policies that support rather than undermine it. She demonstrates both the public and private importance of marriage, and organizes her argument in a thoughtful and logical manner.

Compared to other household arrangements, Crouse observes, marriage is by far the best for raising children and offers financial advantages as well. Writing about bullying, Crouse shows how the trend away from marriage has lead to poor child-rearing and to some of the nation’s worst contemporary problems. In household arrangements with an absence of traditional fathers, the government has in some ways overtaken this role by creating social programs such as food stamps, Social Security, and Medicare. Social programs are but a small part of an effective solution.

The groundwork for strong marriages and lasting relationships is examined in detail. Crouse then discusses the role of sex in marriages and the harmful influence of casual sex. The second half of the work shows how marriage matters to individuals (specifically to women and children) and depicts same-sex marriage as a threat to the institution. Other public policy issues affecting marriage are also explored.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《婚姻问题》里，贾尼.丝肖.克鲁斯(Janice Shaw Crouse)认为，婚姻是这个拥有脆弱群体的自由的社会的关键因素。特别是弱势群体和穷人，他们承受着国家对于婚姻的撤出之后的大多数痛苦。克鲁斯在本书中写道，婚姻创造了公共的利益，所以我们应该立法去支持它，而不是去破坏它。此外她还论证了婚姻在公共领域和私人领域的重要性，并且把她的论点论述得十分具有逻辑性、条理性。

克鲁斯观察到，相比起其他家庭安排而言，婚姻这种安排是迄今为止最适合抚养孩子以及发挥财政上的优势。在写道关于欺凌时，克鲁斯向我们展示了一种趋势，这种趋势是关于婚姻导致的穷困人家子女抚养和某些国家当代急需解决的的问题的趋势。在缺乏传统的父亲这个角色的家庭中，政府会通过一些方法来扮演这个角色，例如粮食救助、社会保险、医疗保险等。这些社会项目不过是众多有效的社会问题解决方案中的小部分而已。

在本书中，强大的婚姻和维持婚姻关系，二者的基础都会被详细的论证。克鲁斯在书中还讨论了性在婚姻中扮演的角色，以及随便的性行为造成的不良影响。第二个范畴就是讨论婚姻是如何关系到个人的（特别是妇女和儿童），同时展示了同性婚姻对制度的威胁。其他关于婚姻的公共政策问题也会稍作探讨。(LNL & CK)

Awards/获奖情况：关于克鲁斯的《危险中的儿童》（交易，2009）

“通过大量研究来表明对于维持没有父亲的家庭和婚姻的公共政策都是失败的，留下的孩子们都是受害者。这本书极具可读性、非常引人注目，这本书关注孩子的需要，认为在他们的生活中需要一个道德维度。”— 艾伦·卡尔森(Allan Carlson)，霍华德家庭、宗教、社会中心。

“克鲁斯提出了孩子在危难之中这个观点，并且在许多领域都归因于社会道德的沦丧……推荐此书！”—D.S. 皮尔逊(D.S. Pierson), 《选择》(Choice)。

On Crouse’s Children at Risk (Transaction, 2009)

“Mobilizes a mass of research to show that public policy efforts to sustain families without father-hood and marriage have failed, with children left as the victims. Highly readable and compelling, this book pays particular atten-tion to children’s need for a moral dimension in their lives.”－Allan Carlson, The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society

“Crouse presents an argument that children are at risk in various areas due to what she views as a moral breakdown in society . . . Recommended.”－D.S. Pierson, Choice

About the Author/作者介绍： 贾尼.丝肖.克鲁斯(Janice Shaw Crouse)是贝弗利·莱希研究所(Beverly LaHaye Institute)的美国妇女研究所(Concerned Women for America)资深的研究员。在2002和2003年作为联合国的正式代表，并且曾担任布什政府(George W. Bush Administration)的总统演讲作家。在《华盛顿时报》(Washington Times)，《美国观众》(American Spectator)，《美国思想家》(American Thinker)，和《市政厅》(Townhall)的每周专栏中写作。。她是《抬头：20世纪美国妇女的典型》(Gaining Ground: A Profile of American Women in the Twentieth Century)，《女人的真正意义的路径》(A Women’s Path to True Significance)，《危险中的儿童》(Children at Risk)，和《美国儿童不稳定的幸福感》(The Precarious State of Children’s Well-Being in America)的作者。

JANICE SHAW CROUSE is senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute at Concerned Women for America. She served as an official delegate to the United Nations both in 2002 and 2003, and was a presidential speech writer under the George W. Bush Administration. She writes a weekly column that is carried in the Washington Times, American Spectator, American Thinker, and Townhall. She is the author of Gaining Ground: A Profile of American Women in the Twentieth Century; A Woman’s Path to True Significance; and Children at Risk: The Precarious State of Children’s Well-Being in America.

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