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.
By:
Dr. Jennifer M. Randles Imprint: University of California Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 499g ISBN:9780520335226 ISBN 10: 0520335228 Pages: 278 Publication Date:13 October 2020 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.