Families in society : : Boundaries and relationships /

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

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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&...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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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

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