From partners to parents : the second revolution in family law
Examining the changes that have occurred in families, family research, and family law in the late 20th century, this volume describes a paradigm shift in the legal and social regulation of the family to an emphasis on parents' relationships to their children, rather than to each other
xv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780231111164, 9780231111171, 0231111169, 0231111177
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Introduction: From Partners to Parents
The Second Revolution in Family Law
Part I: From Partners to Parents: The Philosophical Divide
Economics and the Family: Reformulating the Old Order
Feminism and Political Theory: The Traditional Family and Its Discontents
Feminism and Economics: Becker Meets Okin
Law, Public Policy, and the Feminism of Difference
Liberal Feminism vs the Feminism of Difference: Or, The Huxtables vs Grace Under Fire
Fineman and Becker: Feminism vs Economics
Morality, Family, and the State
What Is the Purpose of Family Policy? Galston vs Fineman with the Others Watching from the Sidelines
Part II: From Partners to Parents: The Empirical Debate
History and the Making of the Modern Family (with Apologies to Edward Shorter)
Race, Class, and Controversy
What Did Happen? Economics Revisited
Economics and History: The Chapter Yet to Be Written
And What About the Children?
Part III: From Partners to Parents: The Legal Revolution
The Meaning of Marriage
Partnership Revisited
Child Support and the Parenthood Draft
Remaking of Fatherhood
Child Custody at Divorce: Ground Zero in the Gender Wars
Welfare Reform and the Permissibility of Motherhood
Renegotiating Childhood
Conclusion: From Partners to Parents The Unfinished Revolution 227