TY - JOUR AU - Milardo, Robert M. AB - In an earlier editorial, I noted that good science has difficulty with compliance, in that innovation derives from noncompliance. In this volume, we have the opportunity to explore growth and innovation, to review advances of the last decade, and to move beyond this scope and consider a broader time horizon, both across the distant past and within the glimmer of the future. There have been three previous decade reviews including the initial one edited by Carlfred Broderick, which actually spanned three issues of the journal (November, 1970; February and May, 1971), one edited by Felix Berardo (November, 1980), and the most recent edited by Alan Booth (November, 1990). All have had a similar purpose and have been highly influential in guiding the next generation of scholars and their scholarship. Planning for the decade reviews began in November 1997 at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations and proceeded in several stages. I first established a purpose as noted above and identified the major topics included in the two previous decade reviews. The initial plan was presented to the editorial board and subsequently revised. In defining the scope of the project, I excluded topics better dealt TI - The Decade in Review JF - Journal of Marriage and Family DO - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00873.x DA - 2000-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-decade-in-review-C3ncsz7Bjt SP - 873 VL - 62 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -