TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gittins,Diana
TI  - The family in question: changing households and familiar ideologies 
T2  - Women in society
SN  - 9780333545690 (cased) :
U1  - 306.85 GIT 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Family
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Social work
KW  - thema
KW  - Feminism & feminist theory
KW  - Sociology: family & relationships
KW  - Welfare & benefit systems
KW  - Families
N1  - Previous ed.: 1985; Bibliography: p186-201. _ Includes index; Bibliography: p. 186-201; Introduction: questioning the family -- 1.How have families changed? -- 2.Is patriarchy relevant in understanding families? -- 3.What is the family? Is it universal? -- 4.Why do people marry? -- 5.Why do people have children? -- 6.Why is woman's work never done? -- 7.The state: creator or destroyer of family solidarity? -- 8.Is the family in a state of crisis? -- 9.Why do men abuse children sexually?
N2  - After a decade of Thatcherism, rising illegitimacy and the moral panic over child abuse, the family is more of a political issue than ever before. But is it the "family" that is in crisis, or family ideology? This second edition includes historical, anthropological and feminist evidence
ER  -