Description
Book SynopsisThis examination of the relationship between families and the state uses child support policy as a lens of analysis. It presents the origins, evolution and organization of federal child support policies and shows how some policies expand government and social control over the beneficiaries.
Trade Review[Josephson] not only provides a coherent explanation of the institutional and historical context of child support policy but also brilliantly grounds the explanation in theory. . . . Gender, Families, and State is first-rate scholarship. . . . The empirical work alone makes a major contribution to the scholarship in this substantive area. * American Political Science Review *
A significan contribution to the ongoing analysis of policy regarding the rights and responsibilities within families and how these mutual obligations are defined by the government. In covering such broad and complex issues in one manuscript, the book raises a number of important questions. * Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society *
A relevant, timely book in an era of uncertainty about our society's commitment to supporting its children. -- Susan Gluck Mezey, Loyola University, Chicago
Table of ContentsPart 1 Families and the State in a Liberal Republic Chapter 2 The United States as a liberal Republican Regime Chapter 3 Families in a Liberal Republic Chapter 4 The Normative Functions of Family Law Chapter 5 Regime Principles and the Families-State Nexus Chapter 6 Public-Domestic and Child Support Chapter 7 Federal Child Support Law and Policy Chapter 8 A Brief History of Child Support Chapter 9 The Institutional Transformation of Child Support Enforcement Chapter 10 The Public Goals of Child Support Enforcement Chapter 11 Data and Studies of Child Support Part 12 Child Support in the States: Maryland and Texas Chapter 13 Toward Administrative Ordering Chapter 14 Implementing Child Support Policy Chapter 15 Cost Savings versus Social Welfare Chapter 16 Performance Part 17 Child Support Policy in Practice Chapter 18 Court Case Samples: Description and Analysis Survey Results Chapter 19 Individual Interview Results Part 20 Feminism, Women, and Child Support Chapter 21 Feminism and Families Chapter 22 The Dual Systems of Welfare and Child Support Chapter 23 Women and Family Law Part 24 Child Support and the Families-State Relation Chapter 25 Child Support, Families, and State Purposes Chapter 26 Improving Child Support Chapter 27 Rethinking Family Policy in a Liberal Republic Chapter 28 Solving the Problems of Real-World Families
