Families and the State Changing Relationships
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
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Edited by Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Lynn Jamieson
Families and the State
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Families and the State Changing Relationships Edited by
Sarah Cunningham-Burley Co-director Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Reader, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Lynn Jamieson Co-director Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Professor, Sociology, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
© Editorial Matter & Selection & Introduction © Sarah Cunningham-Burley & Lynn Jamieson 2003 Remaining Chapters © Palgrave Macmillan 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-0-333-77341-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-41596-0 DOI 10.1057/9780230522831
ISBN 978-0-230-52283-1 (eBook)
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Families and the state: changing relationships/ edited by Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Lynn Jamieson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Family policy. I. Cunningham-Burley, Sarah. II. Jamieson, Lynn, 1952– HQ518.F29699 2003 306.85–dc21
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Professor Colin Bell, sociologist, 1942–2003
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Contents List of Tables and Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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The Family and the State: An Introduction Lynn Jamieson and Sarah Cunningham-Burley Part One
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Debating Family State Relations
1 The State and the Family Janet Finch
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2 Family Life, Moral Regulation and the State: Social Steering and the Personal Sphere John J. Rodger
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3 Family Br
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