Public Taxes, Privatizing Effects, and Gender Inequality

As this book demonstrates, there are many aspects of the public/private divide, and these different aspects have various effects in many legal spheres. In this chapter I focus primarily on the construction of the state (as represented by the federal government) as the public sphere and the family as...

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Published inChallenging the Public/Private Divide p. 307
Main Author CLAIRE F.L. YOUNG
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Toronto Press 09.09.1997
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Business
Business operations
Child care
Child support
Civil law
Commerce
Economic policy
Economics
Families
Family law
Federal taxes
Financial transactions
Governance
Government
Human societies
Income taxes
Itemized deductions
Law
Parenting
Payments
Political science
Public finance
Social institutions
Sociology
Subsidies
Tax benefits
Tax deductions
Tax payments
Tax subsidies
Taxation
Taxation systems
Taxes
Taxpaying
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Summary:As this book demonstrates, there are many aspects of the public/private divide, and these different aspects have various effects in many legal spheres. In this chapter I focus primarily on the construction of the state (as represented by the federal government) as the public sphere and the family as the private sphere. I also discuss the role of the market and the ambiguity of its position as part of the public/private dichotomy. In contrast to the state, the market is the private sphere but, when juxtaposed with the family, it becomes part of the public sphere (Olsen 1983). From a
ISBN:0802076521
9780802076526
DOI:10.3138/9781442672819.16