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Work, Caregiving, And Masculinities, Ann C. Mcginley
Work, Caregiving, And Masculinities, Ann C. Mcginley
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In her book Reshaping the Work-Family Debate, Joan Williams demonstrates the vulnerability of parent workers in working class America. In Chapter 2, "One Sick Child Away from Being Fired," she examines the records of ninety-nine union arbitrations to analyze the problems of working class parents who struggle to juggle their working and parenting responsibilities. Because this chapter is a tour de force in an overall excellent book, and because it suggests an area that Professor McGinley's research has focused on over the past number of years, in this Essay, Professor McGinley limits her discussion almost exclusively to this chapter. …
Smith And Women's Equality, Leslie C. Griffin
The Family Justice Clinic: Increasing Access To Justice For Nevada Families In Need, Ann Cammett, Elizabeth L. Macdowell
The Family Justice Clinic: Increasing Access To Justice For Nevada Families In Need, Ann Cammett, Elizabeth L. Macdowell
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Social Security Spouse And Survivor Benefits 101: Practical Primer Part Ii (Or Another Reason To Put A Ring On It), Francine J. Lipman
Social Security Spouse And Survivor Benefits 101: Practical Primer Part Ii (Or Another Reason To Put A Ring On It), Francine J. Lipman
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Deadbeats, Deadbrokes, And Prisoners, Ann Cammett
Deadbeats, Deadbrokes, And Prisoners, Ann Cammett
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Historically, child support policy has targeted absent parents with aggressive enforcement measures. Such an approach is based on an economic resource model that is increasingly irrelevant, even counterproductive, for many low-income families. Specifically, modern day mass incarceration has radically skewed the paradigm on which the child support system is based, removing millions of parents from the formal economy entirely, diminishing their income opportunities after release, and rendering them ineffective economic actors. Such a flawed policy approach creates unintended consequences for the children of these parents by compromising a core non-monetary goal of child support system – parent-child engagement – as …