Analysing families : morality and rationality in policy and practice / edited by Alan H. Carling, Simon Duncan, and Rosalind Edwards.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Carling, Alan H.
• Duncan, Simon.
• Edwards, Rosalind.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Families--Great Britain.
• Families--Europe.
• Family policy--Great Britain.
• Family policy--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 relatio

Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface how to use this book; 1 Family policy social theory and the state; 2 A portrait of Western families new models of intimate relationships and the timing of life events; 3 Political intervention and family policy in Britain; 4 Political intervention and family policy in Europe and the USA; 5 New Labour the rationality mistake and family policy in Britain; 6 A third way Moralities ethics and families an approach through the ethic of care; 7 Sociological perspectives on the family
• 8 Policy and rhetoric the growing interest in fathers and grandparents in Britain9 Caring earning and changing parenthood and employment after divorce; 10 The individual in public and private the significance of mothers and children; 11 Elective families lesbian and gay life experiments; 12 Economic theory norms and the care gap or why do economists become parents; 13 The balance model theorising women's employment behaviour; 14 Computer simulation of family practices; 15 Families moralities rationalities and social change; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-134-57683-8
• 1-134-57684-6
• 1-280-11113-5
• 0-203-99446-9

OCLC:

173986155