Fragmenting family? / edited by David Charles Ford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ford, David Charles.

Series:

Issues in the Social Sciences

Issues in the Social Sciences Series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Congresses.

Families.

Reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Reproductive technology.

Family policy--Congresses.

Family policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chester, [England] : Chester Academic Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These papers from a conference at the University of Chester explore the complex ways in which family relationships have changed or are changing, in order to critically examine the contention that the family is fragmenting.

Contents:

""Front cover""; ""Title pages""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Simon Duncan, Anne Barlow and Grace James - Why Don't They Marry?: Commitment and Cohabitation in 21st Century Britain""; ""Gill Hague - Fragmenting Families: The Devastating Legacy of Domestic Violence""; ""Louise, Wattis, Kay Standing, Susanna Lloyd and Julie Lewis - The Gendered Nature of Work-Life Balance""; ""Catrin Smith - Maternal Drug Use in the Context of ""Family Life"": Accounts of Mexican-American Female Injecting Drug Users and Their Children""

""Katy Radford - ""And Stay Out!"" Hoods and Paramilitarised Youth: Exiling and Punishment Beatings""""Nancy Loucks - ""Prison Without Bars"": The Impact of Imprisonment on Families""; ""Vicki Ford - When Two Become Three (Or More): The Effects of Parenthoods on Relationships""; ""Back cover""

Notes:

"Papers from a Conference held at the University of Chester, November 2004."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9781908258687

1908258683

OCLC:

874813010