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The Place of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2007

Joan C. Tronto
Joan C. Tronto
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Hunter College
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The Place of Families: Fostering Capacity, Equality, and Responsibility. By Linda C. McClain. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. 392p. $45.00.

Linda McClain's excellent book provides a comprehensive account of the political issues concerning families in United States public policy and a coherent perspective from which to evaluate proposals for change in these policies. Writing as a liberal feminist, McClain has an approach that will not please everyone, but since her starting point takes families seriously as political units, no serious discussant in these debates can ignore this book.

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BOOK REVIEWS: POLITICAL THEORY
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 153 - 154
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© 2007 American Political Science Association

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