Families in Society : Boundaries and Relationships.

The changing nature of families, their enduring and multi-faceted significance in society, and their value as a focus for the exploration of social change have ensured that families have remained a prominent focus of academic enquiry. Acknowledging the increasing diversity and complexity of families...

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Main Author: McKie, Professor Linda
Other Authors: Cunningham-Burley, Dr Sarah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; FAMILIES IN SOCIETY
  • Boundaries and relationships; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; ONE
  • Families and relationships: boundaries and bridges; Part One: Families in society; TWO
  • Balancing work and family life: mothers' views; THREE
  • Gender, care, poverty and transitions; FOUR
  • Families, education and the 'participatory imperative'; Part Two: Children, families and relationships; FIVE
  • Children's boundaries: within and beyond families
  • SIX
  • Family within and beyond the household boundary: children's constructions of who they live withSEVEN
  • Children managing parental drug and alcohol misuse: challenging parent-child boundaries; Part Three: Health, illness and well-being; EIGHT
  • Intersections of health and well-being in women's lives and relationships at mid-life; NINE
  • Families, relationships and the impact of dementia
  • insights into the 'ties that bind'; TEN
  • Violence and families: boundaries, memories and identities; Part Four: Relationships and friendships; ELEVEN
  • Boundaries of intimacy
  • TWELVE
  • Solo living, individual and family boundaries: findings from secondary analysisTHIRTEEN
  • Boundaries of friendship; FOURTEEN
  • Living and loving beyond the boundaries of the heteronorm: personal relationships in the 21st century; FIFTEEN
  • Perspectives on social policies and families; Index