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23%OFFBeth  Kiyoko Jamieson - Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law - 9780271022864 - V9780271022864
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Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law

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Description for Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.

Grounded in the history of political thought, and illuminated by legal studies and feminist theory, this book offers a challenging new approach to thinking about liberty in the wake of decades of criticism of liberalism from feminists, communitarians, and conservatives alike. Fundamental to this approach is the author's argument that liberty and equality are not inconsistent values and that political theory would do well to abandon the dichotomy between “negative” and “positive” liberty.

The principles of liberty Jamieson proposes—identity, privacy, and agency—are not meant to be rigid or universal but rather contextualist and contingent. To demonstrate these principles, she offers ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271022864
SKU
V9780271022864
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About Beth Kiyoko Jamieson
Beth Kiyoko Jamieson is Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Princeton University.

Reviews for Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law
“This is a beautifully written book—well researched, persuasively argued, very intelligent, refreshingly accessible—on a topic of considerable importance and urgency.” —Susan J. Brison,Dartmouth College “Certain to be thought-provoking and even controversial, Jamieson offers a critique of existing feminist theory and seeks to reconstruct a vision of feminism that is securely wedded to the Western liberal tradition. Troubled by ... Read more

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