Child Custody and the Politics of Gender
Published in August 1989
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-415-02669-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of papers challenges the trends for joint custody and argues that misleading notions of new fathers and enforced equality can lead to custody decisions which are not always in the best interests of the children. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of family law, women's studies, social policy, family law practitioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-02669-7 (9780415026697)
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Content
1. Power and the Politics of Custody Carol Smart 2. The Politics of Custody and Gender: Child Advocacy and the Transformation of Custody Decision Making in the USA Martha Fineman 3. Rights for Fathers and the State: Recent Developments in Custody Politics in the Netherlands Nora Holtrust, Selma Sevenhuijsen and Annick Verbracken 4. The Interest of the Child' and the Regulation of the Post-Divorce Family Irene Thery 5. From Gender Specificity to Gender Neutrality? Ideologies in Canadian Child Custody Law Susan Boyd 6. Best Interests and Justice Kirsten Sandberg 7. Equal Rights versus Fathers Rights: The Child Custody Debate in Australia Regina Graycar 8. The Custody of Children in the Republic of Ireland Delma McDevitt 9. Custody Law, Childcare and Parenthood in Thatcher's Britain Julia Brophy 10. What else is new? Reproductive Technologies and Custody Politics Juliette Zipper.