Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction: Learning And Legislating Love 1
5. 2. Rationalizing Romance: Reconciling The Modern Marriage Dilemma Through Skilled Love 25
6. 3. Teaching Upward Mobility: Skilled Love And The Marriage Gap 51
7. 4. Intimate Inequalities And Curtailed Commitments: The Marriage Gap In A Middle- Class Marriage Culture 81
8. 5. The Missing “M Word”: Promoting Committed Co- Parenting 106
9. 6. Men, Money, And Marriageability: Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Through Marital Masculinity 136
10. 7. “It’S Not Just Us”: Relationship Skills And Poverty’S Perpetual Problems 169
11. 8. Conclusion: Family In Equality And The Limits Of Skills 202
12. Notes 217
13. References 233
14. Index 253