Negotiating Family ResponsibilitiesNegotiating Family Responsibilities provides a major new insight into contemporary family life, particularly kin relationships outside the nuclear family. While many people believe that the real meaning of 'family' has shrunk to the nuclear family household, there is considerable evidence to suggest that relationships with the wider kin group remain an important part of most people's lives. Based on the findings of a major study of kinship, and including lively verbatim accounts of conversations with family members concepts of responsibility and obligation within family life are examined and the authors expand theories on the nature of assistance within families and argue that it is negotiated over time rather than given automatically. |
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... duty whichdo not apply to other relationships. The obligation whichdistinctively characterises kinship,itis argued, isan obligation to share resourcesandtogive assistance when it is needed, without thought of personal gain. The.
... duty whichdo not apply to other relationships. The obligation whichdistinctively characterises kinship,itis argued, isan obligation to share resourcesandtogive assistance when it is needed, without thought of personal gain. The.
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... itis needed(Finch,1989). Itis the conceptofthe moral characterof kinship translated into social policy andthelaw. The abolitionof the Poor Law has not completely removed such thinking. Indeed many peoplehave argued—though they haveput ...
... itis needed(Finch,1989). Itis the conceptofthe moral characterof kinship translated into social policy andthelaw. The abolitionof the Poor Law has not completely removed such thinking. Indeed many peoplehave argued—though they haveput ...
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... itis possible to draw on other types of social theory anddevelop aconcept of responsibility and obligation which hassomewhat different features. JanetFinch explored this in her book on Family Obligations andSocialChange (1989:142– 78) ...
... itis possible to draw on other types of social theory anddevelop aconcept of responsibility and obligation which hassomewhat different features. JanetFinch explored this in her book on Family Obligations andSocialChange (1989:142– 78) ...
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... Itis notenough simply toassume thatthefamily as a social institutionis ready, willing and able to shoulder theburden of supportingits members who cannot fully care forthemselves, either practically or financially. Theseissuesabout ...
... Itis notenough simply toassume thatthefamily as a social institutionis ready, willing and able to shoulder theburden of supportingits members who cannot fully care forthemselves, either practically or financially. Theseissuesabout ...
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... Itis more a matterof how data are interpreted. We have developed a rule of thumb for interpretation usingthe idea of a 'consensus baseline' (Finch and Mason, 1991).Briefly, we havereasoned that where we posed a question just inviting a ...
... Itis more a matterof how data are interpreted. We have developed a rule of thumb for interpretation usingthe idea of a 'consensus baseline' (Finch and Mason, 1991).Briefly, we havereasoned that where we posed a question just inviting a ...
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Negotiating Family Responsibilities Janet Finch,Professor Janet V Finch,Jennifer Mason Limited preview - 2003 |
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