Gender Justice

by David L. Kirp

Book Overview

Tracing the way various public policies have evolved, David L. Kirp, Mark G. Yudof, and Marlene Strong Franks find that the profusion of legislation and court decisions masks an uncertain and problematic sense of what gender-based justice means. They show that even policies not ostensibly concerned with gender-from tax codes to health benefits-have a significant effect on sexual equality. They argue that whether or not it intends to do so, our government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226437620
• ISBN13: 9780226437620
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.