Kinship matters / edited by Fatemeh Ebtehaj, Bridget Lindley, Martin Richards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ebtehaj, Fatemeh, editor.

Lindley, Bridget, editor.

Richards, Martin, 1940 January 26- editor.

Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship (Law)--England--Congresses.

Kinship (Law).

Kinship (Law)--Wales--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the fifth in the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group series and it concerns the evolving notions and practices of kinship in contemporary Britain and the interrelationship of kinship, law and social policy. Assembling contributions from scholars in a range of disciplines, it examines social, legal, cultural and psychological questions related to kinship. Rising rates of divorce and of alternative modes of partnership have raised questions about the care and well-being of children, while increasing longevity and mobility, together with lower birth rates and changes in our economic circumstances, have led to a reconsideration of duties and responsibilities towards the care of elderly people. In addition, globalisation trends and international flows of migrants and refugees have confronted us with alternative constructions of kinship and with the challenges of maintaining kinship ties transnationally. Finally, new developments in genetics research and the growing use of assisted reproductive technologies may raise questions about our notions of kinship and of kin rights and responsibilities. The book explores these changes from various perspectives and draws on theoretical and empirical data to describe practices of kinship in contemporary Britain

Contents:

Notes on Contributors

1. Introduction: Regulating Relationships?

FATEMEH EBTEHAJ

Part 1: Who is Kin and what does it mean to be Kin in Contemporary British Society?

2. 'Close Marriage' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Middle Strata

LEONORE DAVIDOFF

3. Status Anxiety? : The Rush for Family Recognition

ANDREW BAINHAM

4. DNA Testing and Kinship: Paternity, Genealogy and the Search for the 'Truth' of Genetic Origins

TABITHA FREEMAN and MARTIN RICHARDS

Part 2: Kin Care of children and adolescents

5. Children and Their Changing Families: Obligations, Responsibilities, and Benefits

JAN PRYOR

6. Substitute Care of Children by Members of Their Extended Families and Social Networks: An Overview

JOAN HUNT

7. Recognising Carers for hat they do - Legal Problems and Solutions for the Kinship Care of Children

JUDITH MASSON and BRIDGET LINDLEY

8. Restorative Practices: Repairing Harm through Kith and Kin

LORRAINE GELSTHORPE with LAYLA SKINNS

Part 3: Kin Contact and Care of Elderly People

9. Gender and Kinship in Contemporary Britain

JANE NOLAN and JACQUELINE SCOTT

10. Kin Availability, Contact and Support Exchanges between Adult Children and their Parents in Great Britain

EMILY GRUNDY and MICHAEL MURPHY

11. Maintenance of the Elderly and Legal Signalling - Kinship and State

MIKA OLDHAM

Part 4: Migrant Communities and Transnational kinship

12. The Impact of Migration on Care: Iranian Experiences

13. Family Care and Transnational Kinship: British-Pakistani Experiences

KAVERI HARRISS and ALISON SHAW

14. Kinship, Infertility and New Reproductive Technologies: A British-Pakistani Muslim Perspective

NAZALIE IQBAL and ROBERT SIMPSON

Afterword

15. Kinship as "Family" in Contemporary Britain

JANET FINCH

Index

Notes:

"... product of a three day workshop held in Cambridge in September 2005"-Preface.

Published for the Cambridge Socio-Legal Groupages

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610814176

9781472563736

1472563735

9781280814174

1280814179

9781847312792

1847312799

OCLC:

476051306