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1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
End of century, end of family? : Shifting discourses of family 'crisis' / Caroline Wright and Gill Jagger -- Men, heterosexuality and the changing family : (Re)constructing fatherhood in law and social policy / Richard Collier -- Will boys be left on the shelf? / Sue Lees -- Lesbian and gay families : Legal perspectives / Kath O'Donnell -- Poor choices? : Gender, agency and the underclass debate / Kirk Mann and Sasha Roseneil -- 'Family values' and conservative government policy : 1979-97 / Lorraine Fox Harding -- Family values and the nation-state / Paul Gilbert -- Unpicking political communitarianism : A critique of 'the communitarian family' / Elizabeth Frazer -- From modern nuclear family households to postmodern diversity? The sociological construction of 'families' /Jo Vanevery -- Virtual social science and the politics of family values in the United States / Judith Stacey. |
Summary |
Ranging across politics, social policy, the law, sociology and history, the contibutors focus on the diverse realities of contemporary family life. This collection offers a comprehensive introduction to recent debates and new research. |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Families.
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Family policy.
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Single-parent families.
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Work and family.
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Gay fathers -- Family relationships.
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Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships.
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Fathers -- Psychology.
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Feminist theory.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Family policy. (OCoLC)fst00920433
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Fathers -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00921881
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Feminist theory. (OCoLC)fst00922816
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Gay fathers -- Family relationships.
(OCoLC)fst00939097
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Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships.
(OCoLC)fst00996492
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Single-parent families. (OCoLC)fst01119481
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Work and family. (OCoLC)fst01180235
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Gezin.
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Waarden.
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Sociale verandering.
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Added Author |
Jagger, Gill, 1965- editor.
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Wright, Caroline, 1965- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Changing family values. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 0415149584 0415149576 (DLC) 98036492 (OCoLC)39539348 |
ISBN |
0203479580 (electronic book) |
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9780203479582 (electronic book) |
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9781435632363 (electronic book) |
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1435632362 (electronic book) |
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0203479947 (electronic book) |
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9780203479940 (electronic book) |
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9780415149570 (paperback) |
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0415149576 (paperback) |
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0415149584 (Paper) |
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0203480031 |
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9780203480038 |
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