The traditional role of the grandmother in contemporary Western society is changing. Driven in part by the increasing participation of women in the workplace, as well as declines in family stability, grandparents are taking on new responsibilities as family caretakers. This is of special interest in modern Britain. Grandmothers is a collection of essays reflecting on the experience of being a grandmother in modern Britain (plus, in one case, France). It follows a study of grandparenting-the first national study on the subject in the UK-carried out by the editor as part of the British...
The traditional role of the grandmother in contemporary Western society is changing. Driven in part by the increasing participation of women in the wo...
Most accounts of ethnic and race relations in Western states are optimistic at heart.They assume that equal participation by minorities will be achieved because it is a "public good" from which citizens will benefi t. Social justice will prevail. In this topical and disturbing book, Geoff Dench challenges these idealistic commentaries, showing that in many instances they do not produce convincing analyses of the position of minorities. He suggests that analysts neglect to explore the web of real interests behind public affi rmations of commitment to integration.
Most accounts of ethnic and race relations in Western states are optimistic at heart.They assume that equal participation by minorities will be achiev...
Fifty years after the term -meritocracy- was coined, this book asks where the idea of meritocracy has led.
A team of commentators consider diverse topics such as family and meritocracy, meritocracy and ethnic minorities, and what is meant by talent
Contains commentaries by a selection of researchers, activists and politicians, from Asa Briggs to David Willetts, on the origin, meaning and future of meritocracy
Demonstrates that Michael Young, who wrote The Rise of the Meritocracy, was right to question the viability...
Fifty years after the term -meritocracy- was coined, this book asks where the idea of meritocracy has led.
This book brings together a wide selection of viewpoints on what is happening to relations between the sexes and the sexual division of labor in contemporary society. The contributors look at the ways in which gender relationships are changing, the consequences of these changes for family life and society generally, and the part the state should play in future developments. Rewriting the Sexual Contract encompasses the views of people with widely differing orientations, stretching across the moral and political spectrum. The contributors provide varied interpretations of what the...
This book brings together a wide selection of viewpoints on what is happening to relations between the sexes and the sexual division of labor in conte...
Using the storyThe Frog Princeas a symbol of traditional awareness of the potential marginality of men in society, Transforming Menproposes that much of patriarchy is a theatrical illusion. Presenting men as more important and powerful than they really are should be seen as a way of controlling them, rather than as a system for dominating women. The author believes that both men and women need to feel that other people are dependent on them.
Dench states that women acquire a sense of responsibility through the direct dependence of children, but most men can only...
Using the storyThe Frog Princeas a symbol of traditional awareness of the potential marginality of men in society, Transforming Men
