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Gender, families, and state : child support policy in the United States

Title
  1. Gender, families, and state : child support policy in the United States / Jyl J. Josephson.
Published by
  1. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1997.
Author
  1. Josephson, Jyl J., 1960-

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Description
  1. x, 210 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. This book is the first to examine the relationship between families and the state in the United States, both in theory and in practice, using child support policy as a lens of analysis. Drawing on the literature of both feminist political theory and public policy implementation, Josephson analyzes the impact of family law and social welfare policies through several empirical case studies. This is important reading for anyone interested in political theory, public policy, and women's relationships with the state.
Subject
  1. Child support > Government policy > United States
  2. Child support > Government policy > Maryland > Prince George's County
  3. Child support > Government policy > Texas > Lubbock County
  4. Family policy > United States
  5. Women heads of households > United States
  6. Child support > Government policy
  7. Family policy
  8. Women heads of households
  9. Kinderfürsorge
  10. Maryland > Prince George's County
  11. Texas > Lubbock County
  12. United States
  13. USA
Contents
  1. Ch. 1. Families and the State in a Liberal Republic. The United States as a Liberal Republican Regime. Families in a Liberal Republic. The Normative Functions of Family Law. Regime Principles and the Families-State Nexus. Public-Domestic and Child Support -- Ch. 2. Federal Child Support Law and Policy. A Brief History of Child Support. The Institutional Transformation of Child Support Enforcement. The Public Goals of Child Support Enforcement. Data and Studies of Child Support -- Ch. 3. Child Support in the States: Maryland and Texas. Toward Administrative Ordering. Implementing Child Support Policy. Cost Savings versus Social Welfare. Performance -- Ch. 4. Child Support Policy in Practice Court Case Samples: Description and Analysis.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.