ISBN:
0203994469
,
9780203994467
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xx, 303 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Analysing families
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Families Great Britain
;
Families Europe
;
Family policy Great Britain
;
Family policy Europe
;
Famille Grande-Bretagne
;
Famille Europe
;
Politique familiale Grande-Bretagne
;
Politique familiale Europe
;
Europe
;
Great Britain
;
Families
;
Families
;
Family policy
;
Family policy
;
Family Great Britain
;
Family Europe
;
Familie
;
Familienleben
;
Familienpolitik
;
Familienstruktur
;
Internationaler Vergleich
;
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
;
Gezin
;
Gezinspolitiek
;
Sociology & Social History
;
Social Sciences
;
Family & Marriage
;
Famille ; Sociologie ; Grande-Bretagne
;
Famille ; Sociologie ; Europe
;
Famille ; Grande-Bretagne
;
Famille ; Europe
;
Politique familiale ; Grande-Bretagne
;
Politique familiale ; Europe
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Reference
;
Families
;
Family policy
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Alternative Family
;
Großbritannien
;
Great Britain
;
Europe
;
Europa
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Part Part I Introduction --chapter 1 Family policy, social theory and the state /Alan Carling --chapter 2 A portrait of Western families: new models of intimate relationships and the timing of life events --New models of intimate relationships and the timing /María José González-López --part Part II Perspectives on family policy --chapter 3 Political intervention and family policy in Britain --about the existence of an adult worker model and the shift towards contractualism --chapter 4 Political intervention and family policy in Europe and the USA --in East and West Germany /Birgit Pfau-Effinger --chapter 5 New Labour, the rationality mistake and family policy in Britain /Anne Barlow --chapter 6 A third way? Moralities, ethics and families: an approach through the ethic of care SELMA SEVENHUIJSEN --An approach through the ethic of care /Selma Sevenhuijsen --part Part III Family practices --chapter 7 Sociological perspectives on the family DAV I D M O RG A N /David Morgan --chapter 8 Policy and rhetoric: the growing interest in fathers and grandparents in Britain LY N DA CLARKE AND CERIDWEN RO B E RT S --The growing interest in fathers and grandparents in Britain /Lynda Clarke --chapter 9 Caring, earning and changing: parenthood and employment after divorce BREN NEALE AND C A RO L SMA RT --Parenthood and employment after divorce /Bren Neale --chapter 10 The individual in public and private --The significance of mothers and children /Jane Ribbens McCarthy --chapter 11 Elective families --Lesbian and gay life experiments /Jeffrey Weeks --part Part IV Modelling families --chapter 12 Economic theory, norms and the care gap, or --Why do economists become parents? /Susan Himmelweit --chapter 13 The 'balance model': theorising women's employment behaviour JUDITH G L OV E R --Theorising women's employment behaviour /Judith Glover --chapter 14 Computer simulation of family practices EDMUND C H AT TOE /Edmund Chattoe --part PART V Conclusion --chapter 15 Families, moralities, rationalities and social change /Graham Crow.
Abstract:
The family and its role continues to be a key topic in social and government policy. This text directly addresses the social processes responsible for the changes - how social policy interacts with what families actually do
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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