Abstract
Book abstract: Acknowledging the increasing diversity and complexity of families, this innovative book proposes a new conceptual framework for understanding families and other relationships that both challenges and attempts to reconcile traditional and contemporary approaches. Using the notion of 'boundaries', the book shifts thinking from 'families as entities' to 'families as relationship processes'. Emphasising the processes that underlie boundary construction and reconstruction suggests that the key to understanding family life is the process of relationship formation. The ideas of entity, boundary, margins and hybridity provide a framework for understanding the diverse, and often contradictory, ways in which families contribute to society.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Families in Society: Boundaries and Relationships |
Editors | L. McKie, S. Cunningham-Burley |
Publisher | The Policy Press |
Pages | 169-185 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781861346438 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- families
- violence
- relationships