Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Compensation
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Hearing on H.R. 2817, H.R. 3677, and H.R. 6270, Legislation Related to Benefits for Former Spouse of a Military Retiree, Before the Military Compensation Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 28, 1980
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Compensation
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Hearing on H.R. 2817, H.R. 3677, and H.R. 6270, Legislation Related to Benefits for Former Spouse of a Military Retiree, Before the Military Compensation Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 28, 1980
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Compensation
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Category : Military pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category : Military pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Divorce, American Style
Author: Suzanne Kahn
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812297881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In the 1970s, the divorce rate in the United States doubled, and longtime homemakers suddenly found themselves at risk of poverty, not only because their husband's job was their sole source of income, but also because their insurance, retirement, and credit worthiness were all tied to their spouse's employment. Divorce, American Style examines how newly divorced women and policymakers responded to the crisis that rising divorce rates created for American society. Suzanne Kahn shows that, ironically, rising divorce rates led to policies that actually strengthened the social insurance system's use of marriage to determine eligibility for benefits. Large numbers of newly divorced women quickly realized their invisibility within the American welfare state, which did not distribute benefits to most women directly but rather through their husbands. These newly divorced women organized themselves into a political force, and they were remarkably successful in securing legislation designed to address divorced women's needs. But this required significant compromise with policymakers, and these new laws specifically rewarded intact marriages, providing more robust benefits to women in longer marriages. These incentives remain in place today. Indeed, in the thirty years since this legislative compromise, activists' efforts to grapple with the legal system created out of this crisis have affected such high-profile debates as the fight over the Affordable Care Act and the battle for marriage equality. Divorce, American Style contests the frequent claim that marriage has become a more flexible legal status over time. Enduring ideas about marriage and the family continue to have a powerful effect on the structure of a wide range of social programs in the United States.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812297881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In the 1970s, the divorce rate in the United States doubled, and longtime homemakers suddenly found themselves at risk of poverty, not only because their husband's job was their sole source of income, but also because their insurance, retirement, and credit worthiness were all tied to their spouse's employment. Divorce, American Style examines how newly divorced women and policymakers responded to the crisis that rising divorce rates created for American society. Suzanne Kahn shows that, ironically, rising divorce rates led to policies that actually strengthened the social insurance system's use of marriage to determine eligibility for benefits. Large numbers of newly divorced women quickly realized their invisibility within the American welfare state, which did not distribute benefits to most women directly but rather through their husbands. These newly divorced women organized themselves into a political force, and they were remarkably successful in securing legislation designed to address divorced women's needs. But this required significant compromise with policymakers, and these new laws specifically rewarded intact marriages, providing more robust benefits to women in longer marriages. These incentives remain in place today. Indeed, in the thirty years since this legislative compromise, activists' efforts to grapple with the legal system created out of this crisis have affected such high-profile debates as the fight over the Affordable Care Act and the battle for marriage equality. Divorce, American Style contests the frequent claim that marriage has become a more flexible legal status over time. Enduring ideas about marriage and the family continue to have a powerful effect on the structure of a wide range of social programs in the United States.
Bowker's Law Books and Serials in Print
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1370
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1370
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Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2660
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2660
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