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Synopsis
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.
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About the Author
Linda McKie, Professor of Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, The University of Edinburgh
Review
Informed by a stimulating range of recent research on family relationships, this important book explores the value of boundary-based metaphors to reveal families as relationship processes rather than entities. It deserves to be widely read. John Rodger, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Paisley, UK
This book would make fascinating reading for all concerned with families, especially those working in the human services and social policy fields. Family Matters
... a light read on a range of topics and of interest to those considering contemporary relationships in general. SRA News
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- PublisherPolicy Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1861346441
- ISBN 13 9781861346445
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
- EditorMcKie Linda
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