Family Divisions and Inequalities in Modern Society

A collection of essays on the social divisions and inequalities encompassing and pervading family life in modern society. It covers issues at the forefront of current social discourse and presents information and ideas relevant to progressive social policy, administration and change.

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Toward a framework for the analysis of family divisions and inequalities in modern society, P.Close; persistence and change in the family and gender in Australian society, M.Bittman and L.Bryson; the continuing case of Japan, J.Hendry; the significance of the family and marriage in the Federal Republic of Germany, R.Nave-Herz; myth and reality in the discovery and representation of childhood, G.Sgritta and A.Saporiti; reproduction in Norway - a case on non-responsibility, A.Jensen; illegitimacy, inequality and the law in England and Wales, R.Collins; the family and feminism in France, C.Duchen; Mary Richmond and the origins of social casework in America, E.Saretsky.