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Civil Society and the Family
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Title
Civil Society and the Family / Esther Muddiman, Sally Power and Chris Taylor.
ISBN
9781447355540
9781447355526
Publication
Bristol : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2020.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (216 pages).
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
This enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Civil society and social change
Contents
1. Starting points
2. The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society
3. The challenges of researching the 'private sphere' of the family
4. The uncertain business of raising citizens
5. Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement
6. Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement
7. Family arguments: finding one's voice
8. Politicising family food practices
9. The upward transmission of civic 'virtues'
10. Reframing civil society and the family
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