Analysing Families : Morality and Rationality in Policy and Practice

, by Carling, Alan; Duncan, Simon; Edwards, Rosalind

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ISBN: 9780203994467 | 0203994469
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Copyright: 2/21/2002

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With contributions from the UK and North America, this book directly addresses the social processes responsible for the changes in the family role, looking at how social policy interacts with what families actually do.

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Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Family Policy, Social Theory and the State	p. 3
Notes	p. 19
A Portrait of Western Families	p. 21
Perspectives on Family Policy	p. 49
Political Intervention and Family Policy in Britain	p. 51
References	p. 56
The Family Law Act, 1996	p. 57
The Green Paper Supporting Families, 1998	p. 64
References	p. 68
Re-Analysing the Black Family	p. 69
Political Intervention and Family Policy in Europe and the Usa	p. 77
Notes	p. 82
Family Policy and the Maintenance of the Traditional Family in Spain	p. 84
Working and Caring for Children: Family Policies and Balancing Work and Family in Sweden	p. 93
Paternalism, Welfare Reform and Poor Families in the United States	p. 101
References	p. 108
New Labour, the Rationality Mistake and Family Policy in Britain	p. 110
A Third Way? Moralities, Ethics and Families	p. 129
References	p. 143
Family Practices	p. 145
Sociological Perspectives on the Family	p. 147
References	p. 163
Policy and Rhetoric	p. 165
Caring, Earning and Changing	p. 183
Notes	p. 197
The Individual in Public and Private	p. 199
Notes	p. 212
Elective Families	p. 218
Note	p. 226
Modelling Families	p. 229
Economic Theory, Norms and the Care Gap, Or	p. 231
The 'Balance Model'	p. 251
References	p. 265
Computer Simulation of Family Practices	p. 268
Conclusion	p. 283
Families, Moralities, Rationalities and Social Change	p. 285
References	p. 295
Index	p. 297
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