Defiant dads : fathers' rights activists in America - Crowley, Jocelyn Elise, 1970- (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.
Keywords: 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