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This enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.

Table of Contents
Starting points The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society The challenges of researching the ‘private sphere’ of the family The uncertain business of raising citizens Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement Family arguments: finding one’s voice Politicising family food practices The upward transmission of civic ‘virtues’ Reframing civil society and the family

Civil Society and the Family

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    A Paperback / softback by Esther Muddiman, Sally Power, Chris Taylor

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 14 April 2022
      ISBN-13 9781447355533
      978-1447355533
      ISBN-10 1447355539
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.

      Table of Contents
      Starting points The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society The challenges of researching the ‘private sphere’ of the family The uncertain business of raising citizens Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement Family arguments: finding one’s voice Politicising family food practices The upward transmission of civic ‘virtues’ Reframing civil society and the family

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