Essential dads : the inequalities and politics of fathering / Jennifer M. Randles.

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"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 im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randles, Jennifer M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Fatherhood > United States > Case studies.
Fatherhood responsibility movement > United States > Case studies.
Parenting > United States > Case studies.
Equality.
Fatherhood.
Fatherhood responsibility movement.
Parenting.
United States.
Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:268 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Knowing what a father is
  • Being there beyond breadwinning
  • Resources for responsibility
  • Making a case to mothers
  • New fathers and old ideas
  • Teaching the essential father
  • Having it better
  • Appendix : Pregnancy and parenthood in the field.