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The Fragmenting Family

Author : Brenda Almond
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019164787X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Fragmenting Family written by Brenda Almond and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brenda Almond throws down a timely challenge to liberal consensus about personal relationships. She maintains that the traditional family is fragmenting in Western societies, and that this fragmentation is a cause of serious social problems. She urges that we reconsider our attitudes to sex and reproduction in order to strengthen our most important social institution, the family, which is the key to ensuring healthy relationships between parents and children and a secure upbringing for the citizens of the future. Anyone who is concerned about how the framework of society is changing, anyone who has to face difficult personal decisions about parenthood or family relationships, will find this book compelling. It may disturb deep convictions, or offer an unwelcome message; but it is compassionate as well as controversial.

The Fragmenting Family

Author : Brenda Almond
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199548706
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Fragmenting Family written by Brenda Almond and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brenda Almond throws down a timely challenge to liberal consensus about personal relationships. She maintains that the traditional family is fragmenting in Western societies, causing serious social problems. She urges that we reconsider our attitudes to sex and reproduction in order to strengthen our most important social institution, the family.

Fragmenting Family

Author : John Haskey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903386835
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Fragmenting Family written by John Haskey and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of the family is high on the public policy agenda. There are fewer marriages and more divorces; fewer births but a higher proportion outside marriage; more cohabitation and more people living alone. So is the family declining or just changing? And what do we mean by 'family' anyway?

Family Fragments?

Author : Carol Smart
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745618944
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Family Fragments? written by Carol Smart and published by Polity. This book was released on 1999-01-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies. The past decade has seen the emergence of an orthodoxy which depicts the family as being in moral decline and 'blames' parents for the harms of divorce. Family Fragments? takes issue with this political vision and with the idea that divorce is inevitably a harmful process. Although some households are fragmenting, the authors argue that moral commitments are not simply sundered. Instead they put forward a different perspective on divorce as well as formulating principles of policy based on an ethic of care. Family Fragments? draws on a qualitative study of separating parents and examines the diverse and fluid patterns of parenthood that are negotiated and re-negotiated in the aftermath of separation. The authors show that the quality of parental relationships, both before and after separation, are vital for achieving joint parenting after divorce. They examine the moral reasoning of parents and explain how this may vary considerably with the sort of solutions imposed in a legal forum. This book has a direct bearing on current debates concerning the family and will be essential reading for those studying gender and family relations in sociology, social policy, law and social work.

Fragmenting Family?

Author : David Charles Ford
Publisher : University of Chester
ISBN 13 : 1908258683
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Fragmenting Family? written by David Charles Ford and published by University of Chester. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers from a conference at the University of Chester explore the complex ways in which family relationships have changed or are changing, in order to critically examine the contention that the family is fragmenting.

Fragmented Families

Author : Ellen Sucov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933882017
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Fragmented Families written by Ellen Sucov and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the book Fragmented Families is to clarify the phenomenon of estrangement between family members. The book focuses on the meanings and process of alienation, its outcomes and possible paths toward resolution. The reader is encouraged to recognize that estrangement, with all its frustration and pain, may offer new opportunities for self-understanding. The task of exploring one's family, examining its fragmented parts and clarifying one's own role as a family member is a crucial step in personal development, whether or not the effort leads to reconciliation. Fragmented Families is intended for a general readership. It will also be a relevant resource for psychologists, physicians, lawyers, social workers and clergy.

Fragmenting Family?

Author : David Charles Ford
Publisher : University of Chester
ISBN 13 : 1905929781
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Fragmenting Family? written by David Charles Ford and published by University of Chester. This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers from a conference at the University of Chester explore the complex ways in which family relationships have changed or are changing, in order to critically examine the contention that the family is fragmenting.

Fragmenting Fatherhood

Author : Richard Collier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847314554
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Fragmenting Fatherhood written by Richard Collier and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates about the future of fatherhood have been central to a range of conversations about changing family forms, parenting and society. Law has served an important, yet often neglected, role in these discussions, serving as an important focal point for broader political frustrations, playing a central role in mediating disputes, and operating as a significant, symbolic, state-sanctioned account of the scope of paternal rights and responsibilities. Fragmenting Fatherhood provides the first sustained engagement with the way that fatherhood has been understood, constructed and regulated within English law. Drawing on a range of disparate legal provisions and material from diverse disciplines, it sketches the major contours of the figure of the father as drawn in law and social policy, tracing shifts in legal and broader understandings of what it means to be a 'father'and what rights and obligations should accrue to that status. In thematically linked chapters cutting across substantive areas of law, the book locates fatherhood as a key site of contestation within broader political debates regarding the family and gender equality. Multiple visions of fatherhood, evolving unevenly over time across diverse areas of law, emerge from this analysis. Fatherhood is revealed as an essentially fragmented status and one which is intertwined in complex ways with the legal, cultural and political contexts in which discourses of parenthood are produced. Fragmenting Fatherhood provides an important and unique resource, speaking to debates about fatherhood across a range of fields including law and legal theory, sociology, gender studies, social policy, marriage and the family, women's studies and gender studies.

Broken Bonds

Author : Mitch Pearlstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442236647
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Broken Bonds written by Mitch Pearlstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has the highest family fragmentation rates in the industrial world. Nonmarital birth rates for the nation as a whole are 40%, with proportions dramatically higher in many communities as defined by race, ethnicity, or geography. Divorce rates, while moderating in recent decades, are still estimated at about 40% for first marriages and 50% for second ones. Together, this fragmentation impacts millions of children as well as adults, leading to educational, economic, and other losses that in turn lead to lower social mobility and deepening class divisions. In Broken Bonds, Mitch Pearlstein explores the declining state of the American family and what its disintegration means for our future. Based on candid interviews with forty leading family experts across the political spectrum - from Stephanie Coontz, to Heather Mac Donald - Pearlstein ruminates on the political, social, and spiritual fallout of this trend. In honest and frank conversations, Pearlstein and his interviewees fearlessly diagnose the problems that many have been too timid to explore and suggest ways to reverse these trends that threaten our social fabric.

Broken Bonds

Author : Mitch Pearlstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781442236639
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Broken Bonds written by Mitch Pearlstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How big of a problem? -- Why are family fragmentation rates so high? -- How well do we know and feel for each other? -- Stuck in place? -- How will we govern? -- What will America look like and be? -- What to do? -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Respondents -- Appendix 2: A brief note on method.

The Big Disconnect

Author : Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD.
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062082442
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Big Disconnect written by Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD. and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Pick; Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological wilderness. As the focus of the family has turned to the glow of the screen—children constantly texting their friends or going online to do homework; parents working online around the clock—everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy access to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from damaging exposure to excessive marketing and the unsavory aspects of adult culture. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain? As renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis as they face this issue, and even more so than they realize. Not only do chronic tech distractions have deep and lasting effects but children also desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical work with children and parents and her consulting work with educators and experts across the country, Steiner-Adair offers insights and advice that can help parents achieve greater understanding, authority, and confidence as they engage with the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.

"Will The Real Family Please Stand Up?"

Author : Scott Raber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book "Will The Real Family Please Stand Up?" written by Scott Raber and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Family Fragmentation and Some Recommended Alternatives to this Problem

Author : Otis D. Ponds (Jr)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Family Fragmentation and Some Recommended Alternatives to this Problem written by Otis D. Ponds (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare

Author : John Carter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134712995
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare written by John Carter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodern ideas have been vastly influential in the social sciences and beyond. However, their impact on the study of social policy has been minimal. Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare analyses the potential for a postmodern or cultural turn in welfare as it treats postmodernity as an evolving canon -from the seminal works of Baudrillard, Foucault and Lyotard, through to recent theories of the 'risk society'. Already disorientated by globalisation, new technologies and the years of new right ascendancy, welfare faces a significant challenge in the postmodern. It suggests that, rather than universality and state provision, the new social policy will be consumerised and fragmented -a welfare state of ambivalence. With contributions from authors coming from a variety of fields offering very different perspectives on postmodernity and welfare Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare also keeps social policy's intellectual inheritance in view. By exploring ways in which theorisations of postmodernity might improve understanding of welfare issues in the 1990s and assessing the relevance of theories of diversity and difference to mainstream and critical social policy traditions, this book will be and essential text for all students of social policy, social administration, social work and sociology.

The Family in the New Millennium

Author : Thomas B. Holman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031308470X
Total Pages : 1345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Family in the New Millennium written by Thomas B. Holman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-12-30 with total page 1345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable team of contributors based across 19 countries explores and explains events worldwide affecting the natural family—married father and mother with biological children —detailing concepts and benefits of natural family that have been taken for granted across centuries, but are now being challenged in many ways. These scholars—many admittedly taking stands that may be deemed politically incorrect—conclude that natural family is being threatened, and is vital to provide common ground among all societies, cultures and religious traditions. Psychologists, sociologists, economists, theologians, lawyers, health care professionals and award-winning journalists are among the chapter authors, as are Nobel Prize Laureate Gary Becker, U.S. Department of Health Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Wade Horn, and former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Bin Mohamad. Whether or not you agree with their arguments, science and conclusions, you'll want to know what these influential figures are saying. Addressing many lightning-rod issues, from divorce and abortion to euthanasia and same-sex marriage, writers here span the world from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to Australia, Turkey, India, and China. Intellectuals included are associated with institutions from Brigham Young University, Georgetown School of Medicine and the Boston College School of Law, to the University of Geneva, and the Maxim Institute in New Zealand.

How Inequality Runs in Families

Author : Calder, Gideon
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447331559
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book How Inequality Runs in Families written by Calder, Gideon and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people agree that every child deserves an equal chance to flourish. Most also value family life. Yet the family plays a surprisingly crucial part in maintaining inequality from one generation to the next. The children of disadvantaged parents typically achieve less and die younger. Early in their school careers, even the most able among them fall behind their better-off peers. They are then 8 times less likely to attend a top university. In the UK, as in other rich countries, the ‘playing-field’ is anything but level. This book explores how seemingly mundane aspects of family life – from the right to inherit income, to the reading of bedtime stories – raise fundamental questions of social justice. Taking fairness seriously, it argues, means rethinking what equality of opportunity means.

Governing Children, Families and Education

Author : M. Bloch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113708023X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Governing Children, Families and Education written by M. Bloch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of essays that address the international changes in welfare policy. The book discusses the new patterns of governing associated with the notions of welfare, care, and education that emerge during the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first-centuries. The issues examined are, among others, the role of international donors and their emphasis on efficiency and lower social subsidies, international migration and its impact on welfare policy inclusions (and exclusions), and national policy change. While representing many different locations and traditions, contributors work within a variety of critical theoretical perspectives that critique our cultural ways of reasoning about the care and education of the child, the role and practice of the state, and the social and cultural construction of citizenship and nationhood.