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Originally published in 1987, now with a new preface, the focus of
this book is the distribution of material resources, notably money,
work, care and food, within and between households. Hitherto,
social policy research had tended to roll households and families
into one and consider them as ‘private’ spheres which only
connected with society via the male head of household – the
‘breadwinner’. Examination of resource distribution had stopped
short at the door of the household. The contributors to Give and
Take in Families open up the ‘Black Box’ of the family and
explore the assumption that resources are equitably distributed
between household members. A dominant concern is with gender
relations. Each study attempts to make women – as resources in
caring for other people, as providers of income, as transformers of
income into goods and services – visible in the household unit.
Findings from nine empirical studies are presented, examining
resource distribution in relation to the composition of households,
and the life cycles and life experiences of household members. A
wide variety of household types is considered, and attention is
given to households undergoing changes (such as divorce and
unemployment) that are likely to have major implications for
household structure and resources. The implications of these
innovative and thought-provoking studies for social policy are
considerable, with relevance to the fields of inequality and income
support, the provision of care for children and the elderly, the
labour market and divorce law. This book will still appeal to
practising researchers and students in the social sciences,
particularly women’s studies.
This study reports on recent doctoral research focused on six
academic staff working in early blended learning environments in
campus-based contexts at a large Australian university. The
case-based research reports on how information and communications
technology (ICT) was used by each of these staff, all early
adopters of new technologies, to enhance their face-to-face
teaching, and how this use contributed to an understanding of
blended learning in higher education. Across the cases, seven
dimensions of blended learning environments were identified - a
significant finding of this study. Overall, the study enhances
understanding of the nature, purpose and scope of early blended
learning approaches in a university setting, and highlights the
importance of academics' use of resource-based learning to create
blended learning environments across a range of courses. The study
also establishes reasons why these teachers embraced the use of ICT
in their on-campus teaching, and provides insights into how each
perceived their teaching role.
Providing a comprehensive overview of issues of ageing from a
global perspective this ambitious text introduces the reader to a
wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined
include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society; demographic
trends; roles played by older people as political actors;
migration; health; pensions; family and institutional care; and
elder abuse.
This will be an essential text for students of social
gerontology, as well as an invaluable resource for students of
nursing, social work, social policy and development studies.
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