Title: The place of families : fostering capacity, equality, and responsibility /
Authors: McClain, Linda C.
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Families Political aspects United States.; Marriage Political aspects United States.; Family policy United States.; Equality United States; Sex role United States; Civics; Feminist theory.
Abstract: "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 what are the public values at stake when we think about families, and what sorts of families should government recognize and promote?"--Jacket.
Contents: The place of families and government in a formative project -- Families as "seedbeds of civic virtue"? -- Care, families, and self-government -- Marriage promotion, marriage (e)quality, and welfare reform -- Recognizing same-sex marriage -- Beyond marriage? -- Rights, (ir)responsibility, and reproduction -- Teaching sexual and reproductive responsibility.