The Place of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility

by Linda C. McClain

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?

Arguing that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019105
• ISBN13: 9780674019102
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"