Illusion of Equality The Rhetoric and Reality of Divorce Reform

Name: Illusion of Equality The Rhetoric and Reality of Divorce Reform
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ISBN: 9780226249568

ISBN-10: 0226249565

ISBN-13: 9780226249568

Edition: 1991

Authors: Martha Albertson Fineman

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How do "no-fault," "gender-neutral" divorce reforms actually harm the lives of women and children they are designed to protect? Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Martha Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. She traces in persuasive detail the detrimental effects of equality rhetoric in shaping divorce law -- such as the legal separation of parents' and children's interests; equality replacing need as the prime criterion for settlements; and…

Book details

List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.93" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction: The Recasting of Family Law



Equality Rhetoric and the Economics of Divorce



The Family as a Site of Rhetorical and Ideological Contest



Equality Discourse and Economic Decisions Made at Divorce



Embracing Equality: A Case Study



Equality Rhetoric and Child Custody Decision Making



Child Custody: Equality as the Aftermath of Economic Reforms



The Individualization of the Family: Child Advocacy



The Use of the Social Sciences in Custody Policy-Making



Constructing the Social Science Foundation for an Ideological Solution



The Resort to Alternative Decision Makers



Abdicating Equality



Alternative Visions from Discarded Discourses


Notes


Index