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022			_a1468-4446
082			_aJournals
100			_aGillies, Val
100			_aMcCarthy, Jane Ribbens
100			_aEdwards, Rosalind
245	1	4	_aThe politics of concepts : family and its (putative) replacements _hJournal
260			_a _bBritish Journal of Sociology _c2012
300			_aJournal article
500			_a<p>British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 63 no. 4 (Dec 2012), p. 730-746</p> <p>Available in the library. See journal shelves.</p> <p>Available online.</p>
520			_aThe central concern of this paper is that there has been a move within British sociology to subsume (or sometimes, even replace) the concept of ‘family’ within ideas about personal life, intimacy and kinship. It calls attention to what will be lost sight of by this conceptual move: an understanding of the collective whole beyond the aggregation of individuals; the creation of lacunae that will be (partially) filled by other disciplines; and engagement with policy developments and professional practices that focus on ‘family’ as a core, institutionalized, idea. While repudiating the necessity (and indeed, pointing out the dangers) of providing any definitive answer to definitions of ‘family’, the paper calls for critical reflection on the implications of these conceptual moves.
650			_aGreat Britain
650			_aFamily
650			_aChange
650			_aConcepts
650			_aSociology
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01434.x _yOpen e-book (Ruskin students only)
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