Thesis (doctoral)--Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-536) and index.

Originally presented as author's Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Bonn, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-401) and index.

Originally presented as author's Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Bonn, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-401) and index.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 1995. / Photocopy of typescript. Abstract preceding title page. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-62).

Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis examines the issue of marriage breakdown in the British Armed Forces in light of claims that rates are double that of the civilian population. The research is situated within the context of existing research on the relationship between the service family and the military organisation. This thesis is distinctive in that it employs Bacchi's (1999) method of critical analysis to problem framing in Governmental policy and existing discourses on service families. The objective is to show how the impact of military demands on marriage and family life are framed by the media, politicians, and academics as a problem for the military, in relation to a tension that exists between retention and divorce. Attention to the effects of service life on families is therefore embedded in policy directives, and framed by concerns over the retention and recruitment of military personnel as implications for operational effectiveness. By re-focusing attention to the implications of marriage breakdown for service families this thesis constructs new problem frames, a key question being: what is problematic about marriage and marital breakdown for military wives? The empirical areas explored through in-depth qualitative interviews with a sample of ex-service wives from across the tri-Services are women s experiences and perceptions of marriage and family life, and of marriage breakdown in the military. This methodological approach is unique in that previous studies of service wives have focused on a single community. The voices and experiences of ex-service wives are noticeably absent in previous research, representing neglected routes to experience and knowledge that are vital to a more holistic understanding of the impact of military demands on the family. This thesis highlights the role of emotion in the socialisation of service families which has not been made in the existing literature to date. It has been acknowledged that the conceptual boundaries between the public and private spheres are practically non-existent where the military and service families are concerned. The interface between work and home can be explained in terms of the invisible emotion work service wives perform in support of husbands careers and the institutional goals of the military. This thesis is also distinctive in that it defines wives work in relation to the military in terms of emotional labour and the two-person career. As wives receive little recompense for this labour, responding to role appropriate emotions can have implications for the well-being of military wives, and illustrates the complex picture that emerges as to the reasons why military marriages might end. Factors linked to issues of marital adversity were: infidelity, domestic violence and emotional and psychological abuse, the effects of a culture of alcohol, and the impact of post-operational stress. In addition, family separation was viewed as creating emotional distance between couples. Many women became very independent and adept at coping with the military lifestyle, which created problems for the reintegration of personnel into family life. Moreover, husbands that were perceived by women to be married to the military, in terms of an institutional and social identity, were less satisfied with their relationships. This thesis concludes that the construct of the service family is embedded in institutional rules and regulations regarding marriage and family life, therefore current problematisations of marriage breakdown fail to reveal the difficulties experienced by families in navigating post-divorce family life. Non-intact families are rendered operationally ineffective, hence there are a number of consequences experienced by service families, and women and children in particular, that represent a far-reaching problem of marriage breakdown in the UK Armed Forces.

Proceedings on marriage divorce This diploma thesis describes the proceedings on marriage divorce. I chose this topic because I consider it up-to-date and practical, in particular taking into account that nowadays almost every other marriage ends with divorce. The thesis aims to explain and analyze the legal regulation of this institute. The proceedings on divorce are currently regulated by provisions of the Act No. 292/2013 Coll., on Special Judicial Proceedings (and previously regulated Act No. 99/1963 Coll., the Civil Procedure Code) adopted within the process of recodification of the private law in year 2014 which also included adoption of the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code that stipulates legal conditions of marriage divorce with respect to the substantive law. The thesis is divided in four chapters. I believe that this structuring is important for comprehensive understanding of this institute. The introductory chapter defines the basic concepts that are fundamental to the subject of this thesis, i.e. the concept of marriage and divorce. This chapter also contains current legal regulation of divorce proceedings in the historical context. The second chapter describes marriage divorce with respect to the substantial law. It analyzes the substantive conditions of marriage divorce and...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, 1989. / Typescript (Photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 305-319).

Thesis (Doctoral)--University of Lugano. / Includes bibliographical references.

Changing patterns of marital and reproductive behavior of young women in the urban settlement (on the example of Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan oblast, Kazakhstan) Abstract This study primarily addresses nuptiality and fertility patterns among youth in East Kazakhstan region. The data are obtained from censuses, vital statistics and two surveys "Marital and reproductive behavior of young women in Ust-Kamenogorsk" conducted in 2009 and 2016. The survey data collection has been supported by Center of International programs of Kazakhstan "Bolashak" and Charles University in Prague. The thesis examines demographic behaviours of two main ethnicities (Kazakh and Russian) in East Kazakhstan oblast and influence of such factors like ethnicity, education, place of residence and socio- economic conditions on their marital and reproductive behaviour. East Kazakhstan oblast, compared with other regions of Kazakhstan, has lower birth and marriage rates, higher divorce rates, higher share of non-native ethnicities residing in urban areas and higher proportion of female workers employed in the industrial sector. The author tries to evaluate the importance of marriage to young females and its relation to their reproductive and marital behaviour. The general tendency observed from the conducted survey was that young women...