Child, Family and State: NOMOS XLIV
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In an era in which our conception of what constitutes a "normal" family has undergone remarkable changes, questions have arisen regarding the role of the state in "normalizing" families through public policy. In what ways should the law seek to facilitate, or oppose, parenting and child-rearing practices that depart from the "nuclear family" with two heterosexual parents? What should the state's stance be on single parent families, unwed motherhood, or the adoption of children by gay and lesbian parents? How should authority over child rearing and education be divided between parents and the state? And how should the state deal with the inequalities that arise from birthright citizenship? Through critical essays divided into four parts-Adoption, Race, and Public Policy; Education and Parental Authority; Same Sex Families; and Birthright Citizenship-Child, Family, and State considers the philosophical, political, and legal dilemmas that surround these difficult and divisive questions. An invaluable resource in these contentious debates, Child, Family, and State illuminates the moral questions that lie before policymakers and citizens when contemplating the future of children and families.
PrefaceContributorsIntroduction11Toward New Understandings of Adoption: Individuals and Relationships in Transracial and Open Adoption152Placing the Adoptive Self583The Child Welfare System's Racial Harm984Is Complaint a Moral Argument?1345Comments on Dorothy Roberts's "The Child Welfare System's Racial Harm"1486Legal Fictions and Family Romances: Contesting Paradigms of Child Placement1707Parents, Government, and Children: Authority over Education in the Liberal Democratic State2118Taking Children's Interests Seriously2349The Proper Scope of Parental Authority: Why We Don't Owe Children an "Open Future"24310Children's Rights in Gay and Lesbian Families: A Child-Centered Perspective27311Relationship Rights for a Queer Society: Why Gay Activism Needs to Move Away from the Right to Marry30612Children of a Lesser State: Sustaining Global Inequality through Citizenship Laws34513Moral Equality and Birthright Citizenship398Index411
