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Gender, Families and the State
Jyl J. Josephson
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Description for Gender, Families and the State
Paperback. This examination of the relationship between families and the state uses child support policy as a lens of analysis. It presents the origins, evolution and organization of federal child support policies and shows how some policies expand government and social control over the beneficiaries. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JKSB1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
This insightful and original book is the first to examine the relationship between families and the state in the United States, both in theory and in practice, using child support policy as a lens of analysis. Josephson cogently presents the origins, evolution, and organization of federal child support programs and persuasively demonstrates how some child support enforcement policies, rather than increasing women's access to economic resources, expand government and social control over the beneficiaries. Drawing on the literature of both feminist political theory and public policy implementation, Josephson analyzes the impact of family law and social welfare policies through several ... Read more
This insightful and original book is the first to examine the relationship between families and the state in the United States, both in theory and in practice, using child support policy as a lens of analysis. Josephson cogently presents the origins, evolution, and organization of federal child support programs and persuasively demonstrates how some child support enforcement policies, rather than increasing women's access to economic resources, expand government and social control over the beneficiaries. Drawing on the literature of both feminist political theory and public policy implementation, Josephson analyzes the impact of family law and social welfare policies through several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847683727
SKU
V9780847683727
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About Jyl J. Josephson
Jyl J. Josephson is assistant professor of political science at Texas Tech University.
Reviews for Gender, Families and the State
[Josephson] not only provides a coherent explanation of the institutional and historical context of child support policy but also brilliantly grounds the explanation in theory. . . . Gender, Families, and State is first-rate scholarship. . . . The empirical work alone makes a major contribution to the scholarship in this substantive area.
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