The Family, Civil Society, and the State
Christopher Wolfe (Anthology Editor) , Doug Bandow (Contributor) , David Blankenhorn (Contributor) , Gerard Bradley (Contributor) , Allan Carlson (Contributor) , Lawrence Criner (Contributor) ,
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The Family, Civil Society, and the State
Christopher Wolfe (Anthology Editor) , Doug Bandow (Contributor) , David Blankenhorn (Contributor) , Gerard Bradley (Contributor) , Allan Carlson (Contributor) , Lawrence Criner (Contributor) ,
- Textbook
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Description
The exact place of the family in a healthy political community, and the appropriate way to sustain it, are profoundly complicated and difficult questions. The distinguished contributors to this book endeavor to provide some answers. The first part of the book explores what is distinctive in the current situation of the family, and offers both optimistic and pessimistic assessments of the family in our time, as well as a historical overview. In the second part, authors look at the family today; demographics, economics, and social pathologies are all discussed. Part three offers analysis of the family and American law, especially the law of divorce, and the fourth part deals with the relationship between the family and two profoundly important facets of the structural framework of American life: our capitalist economic system and the cultural power of the media. Finally, the fifth part surveys the various areas of public policy, and concludes by asking whether, and what, public policy can do for the family. This is an important book for sociologists, legal scholars, political scientists, educators, and anyone concerned about the state of the family in America today.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Part I: What Is Distinctive in the Current Situation of the Family?
Chapter 3 Thoughts on the History of the Family
Chapter 4 The Family Crisis Today
Chapter 5 The Family in Extremis
Chapter 6 Delegitimating the Family: The Classical Liberal Roots
Chapter 7 The State's Assault on the Family
Chapter 8 Rawlsian and Feminist Critiques of the Traditional Family
Part 9 Part II: Men, Women, and Children in the Family Today
Chapter 10 The Demographic Picture of the American Family Today-and What It Means
Chapter 11 The Indispensable Role of the Father in the Family
Chapter 12 Is the Economic Emancipation of Women Today Contrary to a Healthy, Functioning Family?
Part 13 Part III: Law, Divorce, and the Family
Chapter 14 The Legal Definition and Status of Marriage
Chapter 15 How current Constitutional Law Undermines the Family
Chapter 16 The Moral Logic of No-Fault Divorce
Part 17 Part IV: The Market, Media, and the Family
Chapter 18 The Family in Capitalist America
Chapter 19 Television as a Medium Undermining the Family
Chapter 20 Family Values and Media Reality
Chapter 21 Part V: What Public Policy Can Do for the Family
Chapter 22 Government Tax policy and the Family
Chapter 23 How Taxes Affect the Family
Chapter 24 Privatizing Welfare to Help the Family: The Biblical Center
Chapter 25 Reforming Welfare-the Right Way
Chapter 26 How Government Schools [May] Displace the Family
Chapter 27 The Sex-Ed Wars
Chapter 28 Forging a United Front on Family Policy: Premises and Suggestions
Chapter 29 A Conservative Perspective on Public Policy and the Family
Chapter 30 Index
Product details
| Published | 03 Sep 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 300 |
| ISBN | 9780742579682 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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