Families in society : : Boundaries and relationships / / ed. by Linda McKie, Sarah Cunningham-Burley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Airey, Laura,; Allan, Graham,; Backett-Milburn, Kathryn,; Bancroft, Angus,; Cunningham-Burley, Sarah,; Davidson, Shirley,; Hill, Malcolm,; Innes, Sue,; Jamieson, Lynn,; Kemmer, Debbie,; Lombard, Nancy,; Masters, Hugh,; McKee, Lorna,; McKendrick, John H.,; McKie, Linda,; Roseneil, Sasha,; Scott, Gill,; Seaman, Peter,; Shucksmith, Janet,; Smith, Adam,; Sweeting, Helen,; Wasoff, Fran,; Weaks, Dot,; Wilkinson, Heather,; Willmot, Helen,; Wilson, Sarah,
• HerausgeberIn: Cunningham-Burley, Sarah,; McKie, Linda,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Acknowledging the increasing diversity and complexity of families, this innovative book proposes a new conceptual framework for understanding families and other relationships that both challenges and attempts to reconcile traditional and contemporary approaches. Using the notion of 'boundaries', the book shifts thinking from 'families as entities' to 'families as relationship processes'. Emphasising the processes that underlie boundary construction and reconstruction suggests that the key to understanding family life is the process of relationship formation. The ideas of entity, boundary, margins and hybridity provide a framework for understanding the diverse, and often contradictory, ways in which families contribute to society. Families in society makes a significant contribution to the academic literature on families and is essential reading for social science students, social researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested in families and relationships.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Families and relationships: boundaries and bridges -- Families in society -- Balancing work and family life: mothers’ views -- Gender, care, poverty and transitions -- Families, education and the ‘participatory imperative’ -- Children, families and relationships -- Children’s boundaries: within and beyond families -- Family within and beyond the household boundary: children’s constructions of who they live with -- Children managing parental drug and alcohol misuse: challenging parent–child boundaries -- Health, illness and well-being -- Intersections of health and well-being in women’s lives and relationships at mid-life -- Families, relationships and the impact of dementia – insights into the ‘ties that bind’ -- Violence and families: boundaries, memories and identities -- Relationships and friendships -- Boundaries of intimacy -- Solo living, individual and family boundaries: findings from secondary analysis -- Boundaries of friendship -- Living and loving beyond the boundaries of the heteronorm: personal relationships in the 21st century -- Conclusion -- Perspectives on social policies and families -- Index