Analysing Families
Morality and Rationality in Policy and Practice
Published on 5. July 2005
328 pages
978-1-134-57684-5 (ISBN)
Description
While the family and its role continues to be a key topic in social and government policy, much of the literature is concerned with describing the dramatic changes that are taking place. By contrast, Analysing Families directly addresses the social processes responsible for these changes - how social policy interacts with what families actually do. Topics covered include:
* the relationship between morality and rationality in the family context
* the variety of contemporary family forms
* the purposes and assumptions of government interventions in family life
* the relationship between different welfare states and different ideas about motherhood
* 'Third Way' thinking on families
* divorce and post-divorce arrangements
* lone parenthood and step-parenting
* the decision to have children
* the economic approach to understanding family process
* the legitimacy of state intervention in family life.
With contributions from the UK, and North America, Analysing Families provides the framework within which to understand an increasingly important element in social policy.
* the relationship between morality and rationality in the family context
* the variety of contemporary family forms
* the purposes and assumptions of government interventions in family life
* the relationship between different welfare states and different ideas about motherhood
* 'Third Way' thinking on families
* divorce and post-divorce arrangements
* lone parenthood and step-parenting
* the decision to have children
* the economic approach to understanding family process
* the legitimacy of state intervention in family life.
With contributions from the UK, and North America, Analysing Families provides the framework within which to understand an increasingly important element in social policy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white
File size
1,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-57684-5 (9781134576845)
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Alan Carling | Simon Duncan | Rosalind Edwards
Analysing Families
Morality and Rationality in Policy and Practice
Book
02/2002
1st Edition
Routledge
€75.00
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Alan Carling | Simon Duncan | Rosalind Edwards
Analysing Families
Morality and Rationality in Policy and Practice
Book
02/2002
1st Edition
Routledge
€206.90
Shipment within 15-20 days
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Content
Part One: Introduction 1. Families, Theories and Values 2. Family Change in International Context Part Two: Perspectives on Family Policy 3. Political Intervention and Family Policy 4. The Rationality Mistake and Family Policy in Britain 5. Motherhood and the Welfare State 6. A Third Way? Moralities, Ethics and Families Part Three: Family Practices 7. Sociological Perspectives on the Family 8. Caring and Changing: Children, Parents and Divorce 9. The Ethics of Care and the Practice of Parents Part Four: Modelling Families 10. Alternative Rationalities or Why do Economists Become Parents? 11. Households and Paid Work; an Ecological Approach 12. Computer Simulation of Family Practices Part Five: Conclusion 13. Families, Social Change and the State
