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While in the past family life was characterised as a "haven from
the harsh realities of life", it is now recognised as a site of
vulnerabilities and a place where care work can go unacknowledged
and be a source of social and economic hardship. This book
addresses the strong relationships that exist between vulnerability
and care and dependency in particular contexts, where family law
and social policy have a contribution to make. A fundamental
premise of this collection is that vulnerability needs to be
analysed in a way that gets at the heart of the differential power
relationships that exist in society, particularly in respect of
access to family justice, including effective social policy and law
targeted at the specific needs of families in mutually dependent
caring relationships. It is therefore crucial to critically examine
the various approaches taken by policy makers and law reformers in
order to understand the range of ways that some families, and some
family members, may be rendered more vulnerable than others. The
first book of its kind to provide an intersectional approach to
this subject, Vulnerabilities, Care and Family Law will be of
interest to students and practitioners of social policy and family
law.
While in the past family life was characterised as a "haven from
the harsh realities of life", it is now recognised as a site of
vulnerabilities and a place where care work can go unacknowledged
and be a source of social and economic hardship. This book
addresses the strong relationships that exist between vulnerability
and care and dependency in particular contexts, where family law
and social policy have a contribution to make. A fundamental
premise of this collection is that vulnerability needs to be
analysed in a way that gets at the heart of the differential power
relationships that exist in society, particularly in respect of
access to family justice, including effective social policy and law
targeted at the specific needs of families in mutually dependent
caring relationships. It is therefore crucial to critically examine
the various approaches taken by policy makers and law reformers in
order to understand the range of ways that some families, and some
family members, may be rendered more vulnerable than others. The
first book of its kind to provide an intersectional approach to
this subject, Vulnerabilities, Care and Family Law will be of
interest to students and practitioners of social policy and family
law.
2nd and 3rd year core modules/courses on Family Policy and
Comparative Social Policy. Also Women's Studies - 2nd and 3rd year
core component of social policy. Challenging Motherhood examines
contemporary social and legal constructions of motherhood in the
context of a more general discussion of the future of families in
Western and British society. The text looks at the ways in which
Motherhood has come to be scrutinised and challenged according to a
particular set of Western ideals as to what motherhood could and
should entail.
There has been a widespread resurgence of rights talk in social and
legal discourses pertaining to the regulation of family life, as
well as an increase in the use of rights in family law cases, in
the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. Rights, Gender and Family Law
addresses the implications of these developments - and, in
particular, the impact of rights-based approaches upon the idea of
welfare and its practical application. There are now many areas of
family law in which rights and welfare based approaches have been
forced together. But whilst, to many, they are premised upon
different ethics - respectively, of justice and of care - for
others, they can nevertheless be reconciled. In this respect, a
central concern is the 'gender-blind' character of rights-based
approaches, and the ontological and practical consequences of their
employment in the gendered context of the family. Rights, Gender
and Family Law explores the tensions between rights-based and
welfare-based approaches: explaining their differences and
connections; considering whether, if at all, they are reconcilable;
and addressing the extent to which they can advantage or
disadvantage the interests of women, children and men. It may be
that rights-based discourses will dominate family law, at least in
the way that social policy and legislation respond to calls of
equality of rights between mothers and fathers. This collection,
however, argues that rights cannot be given centre-stage without
thinking through the ramifications for gendered power-relations,
and the welfare of children. It will be of interest to researchers
and scholars working in the fields of family law, gender studies
and social welfare.
There has been a widespread resurgence of rights talk in social
and legal discourses pertaining to the regulation of family life,
as well as an increase in the use of rights in family law cases, in
the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. Rights, Gender and Family Law
addresses the implications of these developments - and, in
particular, the impact of rights-based approaches upon the idea of
welfare and its practical application. There are now many areas of
family law in which rights and welfare based approaches have been
forced together. But whilst, to many, they are premised upon
different ethics - respectively, of justice and of care - for
others, they can nevertheless be reconciled. In this respect, a
central concern is the 'gender-blind' character of rights-based
approaches, and the ontological and practical consequences of their
employment in the gendered context of the family. Rights, Gender
and Family Law explores the tensions between rights-based and
welfare-based approaches: explaining their differences and
connections; considering whether, if at all, they are reconcilable;
and addressing the extent to which they can advantage or
disadvantage the interests of women, children and men. It may be
that rights-based discourses will dominate family law, at least in
the way that social policy and legislation respond to calls of
equality of rights between mothers and fathers. This collection,
however, argues that rights cannot be given centre-stage without
thinking through the ramifications for gendered power-relations,
and the welfare of children. It will be of interest to researchers
and scholars working in the fields of family law, gender studies
and social welfare.
2nd and 3rd year core modules/courses on Family Policy and
Comparative Social Policy. Also Women's Studies - 2nd and 3rd year
core component of social policy. Challenging Motherhood examines
contemporary social and legal constructions of motherhood in the
context of a more general discussion of the future of families in
Western and British society. The text looks at the ways in which
Motherhood has come to be scrutinised and challenged according to a
particular set of Western ideals as to what motherhood could and
should entail.
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