This collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of women through law during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the resistance which emerged in response. The collection refutes the notion of women oppressed during the 19th century, unable to act in opposition to the law. When issues of motherhood and women's sexuality became areas of public policy, women began to negotiate the law, as case studies from Europe and the USA show. This book should be of interest to students of women's studies, sociology...
This collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of wom...
This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies.
The past decade has seen the emergence of an orthodoxy which depicts the family as being in moral decline and 'blames' parents for the harms of divorce. Family Fragments? takes issue with this political vision and with the idea that divorce is inevitably a harmful process. Although some households are fragmenting, the authors argue that moral...
This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give r...
This text examines the following trends: the shift from criminology to the sociology of law; law as a site of struggle rather than as a tool of reform; the contested nature of woman as a category; and the significance of feminists debating about values and epistemologies.
This text examines the following trends: the shift from criminology to the sociology of law; law as a site of struggle rather than as a tool of reform...
This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies.
The past decade has seen the emergence of an orthodoxy which depicts the family as being in moral decline and 'blames' parents for the harms of divorce. Family Fragments? takes issue with this political vision and with the idea that divorce is inevitably a harmful process. Although some households are fragmenting, the authors argue that moral...
This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give r...
This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of knowledge. Nine experienced researchers from different disciplines have come together to explore what really matters to them in the process of doing qualitative research.
This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of kno...
