Defiant dads : fathers' rights activists in America /
Jocelyn Elise Crowley.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- x, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.
A coming revolution in fathers' rights? -- The origins of fathers' rights groups in the United States -- Membership dynamics in fathers' rights groups -- Becoming the chief : patterns of leadership and governance in fathers' rights groups -- Money changes everything, or American child support policy -- The custody wars -- Frayed ties : fathers' relationships with mothers -- The ties that bind : fathers' relationships with their children -- "Crooked trees," activism, and healing in dissolved families.
Fathers--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. Divorced fathers--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. Custody of children--United States. Child support--Law and legislation--United States. Self-help groups--United States.