The fragmenting family
by
Almond, Brenda.
Title
:
The fragmenting family
Author
:
Almond, Brenda.
ISBN
:
9780199267958
9780199548705
Personal Author
:
Almond, Brenda.
Publication Information
:
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
:
259 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
:
pt. I. Understanding family : philosophy's contribution. Family ; Permanent relations? Love, marriage, and philosophical lives ; From philosophy to law ; Feminist aims, family consequences -- pt. II. Shaping families : science's contribution. Having and not having children ; New reproductive technologies : whose human rights? -- pt. III. New frontiers : family, law, and politics. Family choices : what do children really want? ; Law, policy-making, and the contemporary family -- pt. IV. Preserving identities : a future for the family? Family, identity, and community ; Finding a way through the wood.
Abstract
:
'The Fragmenting Family' throws down a challenge to liberal consensus about personal relationships. The author maintains that the traditional family is fragmenting in Western societies, and that this fragmentation is a cause of serious social problems.
Subject Term
:
Families.
Family policy.
Reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025488947 | 306.85 A452F 2006 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |