Civil Society and the Family /
This enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Starting points
- 2. The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society
- 3. The challenges of researching the 'private sphere' of the family
- 4. The uncertain business of raising citizens
- 5. Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement
- 6. Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement
- 7. Family arguments: finding one's voice
- 8. Politicising family food practices
- 9. The upward transmission of civic 'virtues'
- 10. Reframing civil society and the family
- References
- Index


