Kinship Matters : For the Cambridge Socio-legal Group.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Regulating Relationships? -- 'NATURALISING' KINSHIP -- THE REIFICATION OF FAMILY -- WHO IS KIN AND WHAT DISTINGUISHES KIN RELATIONSHIPS? -- AN ETHIC OF CARE -- SHOULD THE STATE REGULATE RELATIONSHIPS? -- CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK -- REFERENCES -- Part 1: Who is Kin and What Does it Mean to be Kin in Contemporary British Society? -- 2. 'Close Marriage' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Middle Strata -- 1. UNDERSTANDING CLOSE MARRIAGE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- 2. CLOSE MARRIAGE IN THE ENGLISH CONTEXT -- 3. THE MEANING OF CLOSE MARRIAGE -- 4. ATTITUDES TO CLOSE MARRIAGE -- 5. THE DECLINE OF CLOSE MARRIAGE -- 6. REFERENCES -- 3. Status Anxiety? The Rush for Family Recognition -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STATUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- 3. ADULT RELATIONSHIPS -- 4. RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN -- 5. SOME QUESTIONS FOR POLICY-MAKERS -- REFERENCES -- 4. DNA Testing and Kinship: Paternity, Geneology and the Search for the 'Truth' of our Genetic Origins -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SOCIO-LEGAL AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORK: PARENTAGE AND THE PARADOXICAL PLACE OF BIOLOGY -- 3. GENETICS AND KINSHIP -- 4. GENETIC GENEALOGIES -- 5. CONCLUSION: PATERNITY AND KINSHIP IN A GENETIC AGE -- REFERENCES -- Part 2: Kin Care of Children and Adolescents -- 5. Children and their Changing Families. Obligations, Responsibilities, and Benefits -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHILDREN'S VIEWS OF KINSHIP -- 3. ADULT OBLIGATIONS AND FAMILY CHANGE -- 4. LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR OBLIGATIONS -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6. Substitute Care of Children By Members of Their Extended Families And Social Networks: An Overview -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN KINSHIP CARE -- 3. PROFILE OF CHILDREN AND CARERS -- 4. CARER MOTIVATION. 5. IS KINSHIP CARE GOOD FOR CHILDREN? -- 6. THE IMPACT OF CAREGIVING -- 7. SUPPORTING KINSHIP PLACEMENTS -- 8. MOVING FORWARD -- REFERENCES -- 7. Recognising Carers for What They Do - Legal Problems and Solutions for the Kinship Care of Children -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PARENTS, FAMILIES AND THE STATE -- 3. RIGHTS FOR CARERS-THE CONCEPT OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY -- 4. THE NEEDS OF CARERS -- 5. MEETING CARERS' NEEDS-RECOGNITION AND STATUS -- 6. MEETING CARERS' NEEDS-SUPPORT -- 7. CONCLUSION-THE WAY FORWARD -- REFERENCES -- 8. Restorative Practices: Repairing Harm through Kith and Kin -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE CONCEPT OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE -- 3. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE CRIMINAL YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES -- 4. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN CIVIL JUSTICE -- 5. EVALUATING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part 3: Kin Contact and Care of Elderly People -- 9. Gender and Kinship in Contemporary Britain -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DECLINING KIN CONTACT -- 3. DATA SOURCES -- 4. GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY -- 5. FREQUENCY OF CONTACT AND WOMEN'S PAID EMPLOYMENT -- 6. GENDERED EXCHANGES ACROSS THE GENERATIONS -- 7. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A -- 10. Kin Availability, Contact and Support Exchanges Between Adult Children and their Parents in Great Britain -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- 5. REFERENCES -- 11. Maintenance of the Elderly: Legal Signalling - Kinship and State -- 1. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ELDERLY -- 2. THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE-WHERE DO THE ELDERLY 'BELONG'? -- 3. CONTRASTING MODELS OF FILIAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION -- 4. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT -- 5. THE DISADVANTAGES OF COERCIVE ENFORCEMENT -- 6. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ELDERLY. 7. ENCOURAGING FAMILIAL OR PRIVATE SUPPORT -- REFERENCES -- Part 4: Migrant Communities and Transnational Kinship -- 12. The Impact of Migration on Care: The Iranian Experience -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IRANIAN MIGRANTS AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF FAMILIES -- 3. CARING FOR ELDERLY KIN -- 4. MS LADAN, OR 'MEL GIBSON' -- 5. MS NAZANIN, OR 'CINDERELLA' -- 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 7. REFERENCES -- 13. Family Care and Transnational Kinship: British Pakistani Experiences -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TRANSNATIONAL KINSHIP AND THE NEED FOR CARE -- 3. STATE AND TRANSMIGRANT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CARE -- 4. ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENABLE CARE IN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES -- 5. DILEMMAS ABOUT TRANSNATIONAL CARING: DESH-PARDESH WORRIES -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. Kinship, Infertility and New Reproductive Technologies: A British Pakistani Muslim Perspective -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. KINSHIP AND THE BRITISH PAKISTANI COMMUNITY: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS -- 3. INFERTILITY: MEDICAL PROBLEM AND SOCIAL CRISIS. -- 4. CRISES OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION: THREE CASE STUDIES -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 6. REFERENCES -- Afterword -- 15. Kinship as 'Family' in Contemporary Britain -- 1. INTRODUCTION: FAMILY, KINSHIP, PERSONAL COMMUNITIES -- 2. KINSHIP AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE: SUPPORT FOR OLDER PEOPLE -- 3. KINSHIP AS A PERSONAL RESOURCE: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE -- 4. BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL KINSHIP -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Index.
This book considers the evolving notions and practices of kinship in contemporary Britain and the interrelationship of kinship, law and social policy.
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Kinship (Law) -- England -- Congresses. Kinship (Law) -- Wales -- Congresses.