J. Baer

Ironic Freedom (eBook, PDF)

Personal Choice, Public Policy, and the Paradox of Reform

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Ironic Freedom asserts that freedom from governmental interference may make people vulnerable to other sources of coercion; these affects vary by gender, race, and class. Increasing negative freedoms may reinforce existing asymmetrical power relationships within society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137031006
• Artikelnr.: 40722715

Autorenporträt

Judith A. Baer is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An Introduction to Ironic Freedom 2. Right to Die, Right to Live: Assisted Suicide 3. Ironic Freedom and Occupational Choice: Sex Work and Military Service 4. Path to Liberation or Stigma as Social Policy? Same-Sex Marriage 5. Whose Right? Whose Duty? Sexual Choice and Gender Equality 6. Conclusion: Ironic Freedom and Feminist Post-Liberalism