Illegitimacy and Social Structures: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Nonmarital Birth (original) (raw)

Contemporary Sociology, 1997

Abstract

Preface The Puzzles of Illegitimacy The Development of Theory The Recent Potpourri of Tangential Theories Empirical Variations in the Control of Illegitimacy Illegitimacy, Sociocultural Complexity, and Family Structure Effects of Descent and Fraternal Interest Groups Illegitimacy and Sexual Inequality Illegitimacy and Parent-Child Ties Social Structures and Principles of Legitimacy American Illegitimacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective Appendix A: Variables Used in the Study Appendix B: Bibliography on Ethnographic Sources on Illegitimacy References Index

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