Acknowledgments

This book has been years in the making and is only possible because of the work and support of so many people and institutions.

First, we thank the Social Trends Institute (STI), a nonprofit international research center based in New York that sponsored the Experts Meeting on family inequality in Rome in 2017, which made this volume possible. STI is dedicated to fostering understanding of globally significant social trends. To this end, STI brings together the world’s leading thinkers, taking an interdisciplinary and international approach. We are especially grateful to Carlos Cavallé, the President of STI, and Tracey O’Donnell, the Secretary General of STI, for their guidance and support. More information on STI may be found at www.socialtrendsinstitute.org.

Second, we thank all of our contributors for your energy and your responsiveness as we returned yet another double-edited draft. We are also grateful to Alysse ElHage and Rich Brake at the Institute for Family Studies for their work in managing this effort, especially the Experts Meeting in Rome. ElHage also learned how to create an index, and she finalized the Index for this book.

Finally, we thank our research assistants, Carl Briggs and Nicholas Leaver. Leaver played an integral and tireless role in compiling the references for the book, as well as formatting the book. We are grateful for their substantial work on this volume.