This book explores a fascinating subject; the relationship between women's rights under family law and their overall status. Since it regulates marriage, inheritance, and reproduction, family law makes the personal political. This text examines changes in family law that occurred between 1980 and 1995 in sixty-four different nations. It illustrates how public policies that relate to everyday life affect women. Because this text integrates gender politics and policy analysis, students in women's studies and in public policy courses will find it valuable.

Women and Family Law: Connecting the Public and the Private

Politics & Social Sciences

Crotty, Patricia McGee

Women's Studies

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

The battle for gender equality will be won or lost in the family. Family Law in the United States analyzes recent changes in state family law codes from three different feminist perspectives. Because these codes regulate marriage, property control, and reproduction, they help determine whether or not men and women are social equals; they make the personal, political. This text integrates gender politics and policy analysis in order to determine which of the changes in family law are most likely to give women control over their private lives.

Family Law in the United States: Changing Perspectives (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics)

Sociology

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Women and Family Law: Connecting the Public and the Private

Family Law in the United States: Changing Perspectives (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics)