Families and the State
. Ed(S): Cunningham-Burley, Sarah; Jamieson, Lynn
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Description for Families and the State
Hardback. This title seeks to answer such questions as: how possible is it for the state to steer family values and relationships?; how do we assess claims of harm and benefit from state action and inaction?; and what kind of engagement should we seek between the state and our personal lives? Editor(s): Cunningham-Burley, Sarah; Jamieson, Lynn. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
How possible is it for the state to steer family values and relationships? How do we assess claims of harm and benefit from state action and inaction? What kind of engagement should we seek between the state and our personal lives? The evidence presented includes state engagements with separating couples, lone parents, retired people, black families, disabled people, pregnant teenagers and young people negotiating adulthood. The range of perspectives, data, and cross-nation-state comparisons, helps readers to come to their own conclusions.
How possible is it for the state to steer family values and relationships? How do we assess claims of harm and benefit from state action and inaction? What kind of engagement should we seek between the state and our personal lives? The evidence presented includes state engagements with separating couples, lone parents, retired people, black families, disabled people, pregnant teenagers and young people negotiating adulthood. The range of perspectives, data, and cross-nation-state comparisons, helps readers to come to their own conclusions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333773413
SKU
V9780333773413
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Cunningham-Burley, Sarah; Jamieson, Lynn
KAREN CLARKE is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Manchester, UK JANET FINCH is Vice-Chancellor of Keele University, UK GILL JONES is Professor of Sociology at Keele University, UK JANE LEWIS is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford, UK BEVERLEY PREVATT-GOLDSTEIN is Director of the Black Minority Ethnic North East Voluntary Sector Network, UK JOHN J. ... Read more
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