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

ISBN-13: 9781349440665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 182 str.

Judith A. Baer; J. Baer

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Praise to come.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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