Essential Dads

The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-33522-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

In Essential Dads, sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported “responsible” fatherhood program. Dads’ experiences serve as a unique window into long-standing controversies about the importance of fathering, its connection to inequality, and the state’s role in shaping men’s parenting. With a compassionate and hopeful voice, Randles proposes a more equitable political agenda for fatherhood, one that carefully considers the social and economic factors shaping men’s abilities to be involved in their children’s lives and the ideologies that rationalize the necessity of that involvement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Randles, Dr. Jennifer M.

Randles, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Knowing What a Father Is

2. Being There Beyond Breadwinning
3. Resources for Responsibility
4. Making a Case to Mothers
5. New Fathers and Old Ideas
6. Teaching the Essential Father
7. Having It Better

Acknowledgments
Appendix: Pregnancy and Parenthood in the Field
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer M. Randles is Chair and Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at California State University, Fresno, and author of Proposing Prosperity? Marriage Education Policy and Inequality in America.