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Grounding Security : Family, Insurance and the State.
Title:
Grounding Security : Family, Insurance and the State.
Author:
Weisbrod, Carol, Professor.
ISBN:
9780754680499
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (158 pages)
Series:
Law, Justice and Power
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Pillars of Security -- Security Overview -- Frans Hals -- The Regents and Regentesses of the Almshouse -- Pillars: Which Ones? -- 2 Security through the Family -- Family and Property -- The Impact of Contract Law -- The Changing Shape of the Family -- Marriage Contracts: Illustrations from Islamic Law -- 3 Security through Insurance -- Job: A World without Insurance -- What is Insurance? -- Insurance as a Contract of Community -- Dystopian Aspects of Insurance -- A Complex Good -- The Limits of Insurance -- 4 Security through the State -- The Background Legal Regime -- The New Deal -- Rubinow on the New Deal and the Role of Private Organizations -- Some Religious Argument -- Some Economic Argument -- 5 Security and Individualism -- Reinvention and Membership -- The Pillars and Utopia -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
In examining mechanisms currently conceived as affording security, Weisbrod considers both emotional and financial components - such as the role of the family and insurance. The book also explores the use of state power in its provision of security for in.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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