Michael Fischer, Brenda Geiger

Family, Justice, and Delinquency

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nuclear family and kibbutz childrearing practices are compared from a Rawlsian perspective of justice. Based upon the kibbutz educational system, which has reinstituted the family, Geiger and Fischer propose a model of educational change for consideration in the United States. This model is designed to strengthen the nuclear family while improving the prospects of disadvantaged, anomic, and unattached youth. Geiger and Fischer examine, within a Rawlsian perspective, several child-rearing institutions affecting children. Justice as fairness would consider a child-rearing institution and its inequalities as fair if there are no alternative arrangements under which the prospects of least-advantaged children could be improved. Among these least-advantaged children are those who are neglected, abused, and stripped of self-respect. As the nuclear family disintegrates, the authors ask whether it can fulfill its child-rearing function. Utilizing a self-report study conducted on socialization and delinquency in Israel as well as several other observational studies, the authors demonstrate that in a more egalitarian structure such as the kibbutz, least-advantaged children have more opportunities to develop into autonomous responsible individuals. For Americans, the kibbutz educational system shows new paths for change from nursery school through high school that would allow for greater bonds between the family, school, work, and the community. An emerging sense of community would also stimulate the moral and intellectual growth of disadvantaged youth. This book is recommended to researchers and policy makers in the areas of education, delinquency, and social welfare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9780313294587
• ISBN-10: 0313294585
• Artikelnr.: 22037193

Autorenporträt

Michael Fischer is an American Artist born in St. Louis Missouri in 1963 into a musical family. His heart and talent led him to Hollywood California in 1987 where he worked in motion picture, film and television production on HBO Tales From The Crypt and Nightmare On Elm Street. Michael began working with Professional Sports Leagues and the National Hockey League in 1990. His work was featured in syndicated Hockey Magazines and on the Los Angeles Kings Prime Ticket TV Network. In 2023 Michael has become a proud new Author showcasing his work with THE PUCKFORD 7 Ice Hockey Holiday Adventure Story. "The Goonies of Ice Hockey meets The Wizard of Oz!"Two years in the making! This book and TOONSTHATROCK.com are Michael's return to the world of writing and illustrating doing what he does best! He is a dreamer who once lived in his car all the way to Pixar!In 2024, Michael currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Hans Toch Introduction The Original Position Children's Rights
Children's Fate in Western Society The Kibbutz Egalitarian Society Social
Conformity and Deviance: Kibbutz versus Nuclear-Family Children Moral
Autonomy Implications for Americans Appendix A: U.N. Declaration of the
Rights of the Child Appendix B: Self-Report Research Instrument Appendix C:
Questionnaire Notes Bibliography Index