Ironic Freedom Personal Choice, Public Policy, and the Paradox of Reform

Zusatztext Praise to come. Informationen zum Autor Judith A. Baer is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, USA. Klappentext 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. Praise to come. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Judith A. Baer, J. Baer, J Baer
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.10.2013
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9781137030955
• ISBN: 978-1-137-03095-5
• Pages: 182
• Subjects: Sozialtheorie, Europa, B, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Europe, Social Theory, Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen, European Politics, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, Political Theory, social and political philosophy, Political History, Politics and government, History: specific events and topics, World Politics, Political science and theory, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Europe—Politics and government, Political science—Philosophy