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Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Toward a Revised Conception of Social Citizenship: An Autonomy-Focused Model
3 The New Paternalism: Rethinking State Intervention and Autonomy
4 Taking Responsibility: PRWORA’s Limits to Immigrant Access
5 “Coordinated Fragmentation” and Domestic Violence Services
6 Embodied Recognition, Ascriptive Autonomy, and Harm Reduction
7 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“The most striking thing about Elizabeth Ben-Ishai’s book is the way she skillfully moves between the conceptual and the concrete, using theory to reflect upon the implications of public policy and using studies of public policy implementation to build and rebuild theory. In doing this, Fostering Autonomy brings together two concerns that have long occupied feminist and democratic theorists: autonomy and the role of the state. . . . [Ben-Ishai’s] attention to the lived experience of individuals as they engage with the state is a wonderful example of practical political theorizing that has the potential to expand and enrich democratic politics for us all.”
—Elizabeth K. Markovits, Perspectives on Politics
