Autonomy myth : a theory of dependency /
By: Fineman, Martha Albertson.
Publisher: New York : New Press, 2004Description: xxiv, 387 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1565849760; 9781565849761:; 9781565849761.Subject(s): Family policy -- United States | Social justice -- United States | Autonomy (Philosophy) -- United States | Equality -- United States | United States -- Social policy -- 1993-DDC classification: 361.610973 Summary: The legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman makes the case that the sexually-affiliated couple is not the optimal building block for contemporary families. Rather, society should be organized around 'caretaking relationships,' particularly those involving children or elderly dependents.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 361.610973 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0069367 |
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Includes notes and index.
The legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman makes the case that the sexually-affiliated couple is not the optimal building block for contemporary families. Rather, society should be organized around 'caretaking relationships,' particularly those involving children or elderly dependents.