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- catalog abstract ""In this paradigm-shifting and controversial book, legal theorist and author Martha Fineman documents how American policymakers' overemphasis on the values of self-sufficiency and autonomy has negatively affected government policy relating to the care of the young, the elderly, and the infirm." "Those charged with administering U.S. social policy have long considered the marital family household as appropriately both separate and self-sufficient, at the cost the well-being of many families and their members, particularly children. Vigorously taking issue with his approach, Fineman insists that because each of us is "inevitably dependent" at various stages in our lives, it makes much more sense for us to recognize from the outset that society has a vital role in providing assistance. Indeed, any individual carer's necessary reliance on outside resources makes this essential. Presenting her argument with conviction and eloquence, Fineman calls for the acceptance of collective and public responsibility for dependency, as well as a restructuring of the workplace consistent with a new understanding of the boundaries between private and public spheres. The Autonomy Myth demands a more responsive and active state to ensure that the burdens associated with dependency are more equitably distributed."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13143358.
- catalog coverage "United States Social policy 1993-".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In this paradigm-shifting and controversial book, legal theorist and author Martha Fineman documents how American policymakers' overemphasis on the values of self-sufficiency and autonomy has negatively affected government policy relating to the care of the young, the elderly, and the infirm." "Those charged with administering U.S. social policy have long considered the marital family household as appropriately both separate and self-sufficient, at the cost the well-being of many families and their members, particularly children. Vigorously taking issue with his approach, Fineman insists that because each of us is "inevitably dependent" at various stages in our lives, it makes much more sense for us to recognize from the outset that society has a vital role in providing assistance. Indeed, any individual carer's necessary reliance on outside resources makes this essential. Presenting her argument with conviction and eloquence, Fineman calls for the acceptance of collective and public responsibility for dependency, as well as a restructuring of the workplace consistent with a new understanding of the boundaries between private and public spheres. The Autonomy Myth demands a more responsive and active state to ensure that the burdens associated with dependency are more equitably distributed."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foundational myths: autonomy, dependency, and social debt -- Exploring foundational myths -- Dependency and social debt: cracking the foundational myths -- Institutionalizing autonomy -- The family in the rhetoric of civil society -- Why marriage? -- The future of marriage -- Feminist critiques of the family -- Feminism and the family: implementing equality, achieving autonomy -- Mothering in a gender-neutral world -- The autonomous individual and the autonomous family within the social contract -- The tentative workplace -- The tenable state -- What place for family privacy?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-369) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 387 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1565847601 (hc)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "United States Social policy 1993-".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "361.6/1/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Autonomy (Philosophy) United States.".
- catalog subject "Equality United States.".
- catalog subject "Family policy United States.".
- catalog subject "HN59.2 .F56 2004".
- catalog subject "Social justice United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foundational myths: autonomy, dependency, and social debt -- Exploring foundational myths -- Dependency and social debt: cracking the foundational myths -- Institutionalizing autonomy -- The family in the rhetoric of civil society -- Why marriage? -- The future of marriage -- Feminist critiques of the family -- Feminism and the family: implementing equality, achieving autonomy -- Mothering in a gender-neutral world -- The autonomous individual and the autonomous family within the social contract -- The tentative workplace -- The tenable state -- What place for family privacy?".
- catalog title "The autonomy myth : a theory of dependency / Martha Albertson Fineman.".
- catalog type "text".