Family obligations and social change / Janet Finch.
Material type: TextSeries: Family life series | Family life series (Cambridge, England)Publication details: Cambridge : Polity, 1989.Description: viii,269p. ; 24cmISBN:- 9780745603230 :
- 0745603246 (pbk.) :
- 306.85 FIN
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 306.85 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 104731 |
Bibliography: p244-257. - Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-257) and index.
1.Support between kin: who gives what to whom? -- 2.Do families support each other more or less than in the past? -- 3.Contexts: economy and demography -- 4.Contexts: law and social policy -- 5.The proper thing to do -- 6.Working it out -- 7.Are kin relationships 'special'?
A discussion of the nature of family life, especially the concepts of duty, responsibility and obligation. The author looks at political and popular debates in this area bringing together material from many disciplines within the social sciences.