New Family Values: Liberty, Equality, DiversityRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002 - 215 pages How many different kinds of families are there? New Family Values provides a critical analysis of scholars and authors who argue that law and policy should be used to foster one model of the family--the intact, two-parent, heterosexual family. Karen Struening argues that this position does not adequately address the problem it supposedly solves--family dissolution--and unnecessarily constrains personal liberty. Healthy families may be necessary for civic unity and individual stability, but there can be many different kinds of families. |
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Debating Family Values | 1 |
Personal Liberty and the Right of Privacy | 31 |
What Are Families For? An Argument for Diversity in | 65 |
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Marriages & Families: Making Choices in a Diverse Society Mary Ann Lamanna No preview available - 2006 |