The Place of Families : Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility /

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In this bold new book, Linda McClain offers a liberal and feminist theory of the relationships between family life and politics--a topic dominated by conservative thinkers. McClain agrees that stable family lives are vital to forming persons into capable, responsible, self-governing citizens. But wh...

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Autor principal: McClain, Linda C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2006]
Temas:
Civics.
Equality > United States.
Families > Political aspects > United States.
Family policy > United States.
Feminist theory.
Marriage > Political aspects > United States.
Sex role > United States.
LAW / Family Law / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I Fostering Capacity
  • 1 The Place of Families and Government in a Formative Project
  • 2 Families as "Seedbeds of Civic Virtue"?
  • 3 Care, Families, and Self-Government
  • II Fostering Equality
  • 4 Marriage Promotion, Marriage (E)quality, and Welfare Reform
  • 5 Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
  • 6 Beyond Marriage?
  • III Fostering Responsibility
  • 7 Rights, (Ir)responsibility, and Reproduction
  • 8 Teaching Sexual and Reproductive Responsibility
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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