Kinship Matters

Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
1. Introduction: Regulating Relationships?......Page 17
‘NATURALISING’ KINSHIP......Page 18
THE REIFICATION OF FAMILY......Page 19
WHO IS KIN AND WHAT DISTINGUISHES KIN RELATIONSHIPS?......Page 20
AN ETHIC OF CARE......Page 21
SHOULD THE STATE REGULATE RELATIONSHIPS?......Page 23
CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK......Page 24
REFERENCES......Page 30
Part 1: Who is Kin and What Does it Mean to be Kin in Contemporary British Society?......Page 33
2. \'Close Marriage\' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Middle Strata......Page 35
1. UNDERSTANDING CLOSE MARRIAGE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT......Page 38
2. CLOSE MARRIAGE IN THE ENGLISH CONTEXT......Page 41
3. THE MEANING OF CLOSE MARRIAGE......Page 47
4. ATTITUDES TO CLOSE MARRIAGE......Page 48
5. THE DECLINE OF CLOSE MARRIAGE......Page 53
6. REFERENCES......Page 58
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 63
2. STATUS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES......Page 64
3. ADULT RELATIONSHIPS......Page 67
4. RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN......Page 73
5. SOME QUESTIONS FOR POLICY-MAKERS......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 80
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 83
2. SOCIO-LEGAL AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORK: PARENTAGE AND THE PARADOXICAL PLACE OF BIOLOGY......Page 87
3. GENETICS AND KINSHIP......Page 93
4. GENETIC GENEALOGIES......Page 99
5. CONCLUSION: PATERNITY AND KINSHIP IN A GENETIC AGE......Page 105
REFERENCES......Page 106
Part 2: Kin Care of Children and Adolescents......Page 113
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 115
2. CHILDREN’S VIEWS OF KINSHIP......Page 117
3. ADULT OBLIGATIONS AND FAMILY CHANGE......Page 120
5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 126
REFERENCES......Page 128
2. THE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN KINSHIP CARE......Page 131
3. PROFILE OF CHILDREN AND CARERS......Page 133
4. CARER MOTIVATION......Page 134
5. IS KINSHIP CARE GOOD FOR CHILDREN?......Page 136
6. THE IMPACT OF CAREGIVING......Page 140
7. SUPPORTING KINSHIP PLACEMENTS......Page 142
8. MOVING FORWARD......Page 144
REFERENCES......Page 146
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 151
2. PARENTS, FAMILIES AND THE STATE......Page 152
3. RIGHTS FOR CARERS—THE CONCEPT OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 156
4. THE NEEDS OF CARERS......Page 157
5. MEETING CARERS’ NEEDS—RECOGNITION AND STATUS......Page 159
6. MEETING CARERS’ NEEDS—SUPPORT......Page 164
7. CONCLUSION—THE WAY FORWARD......Page 167
REFERENCES......Page 168
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 171
2. THE CONCEPT OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 172
3. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE CRIMINAL YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES......Page 175
4. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN CIVIL JUSTICE......Page 180
5. EVALUATING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES......Page 183
6. CONCLUSION......Page 184
REFERENCES......Page 185
Part 3: Kin Contact and Care of Elderly People......Page 189
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 191
2. DECLINING KIN CONTACT......Page 192
3. DATA SOURCES......Page 193
4. GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY......Page 195
5. FREQUENCY OF CONTACT AND WOMEN’S PAID EMPLOYMENT......Page 197
6. GENDERED EXCHANGES ACROSS THE GENERATIONS......Page 199
7. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS......Page 203
REFERENCES......Page 206
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 211
2. DATA AND METHODS......Page 215
3. RESULTS......Page 218
4. CONCLUSIONS......Page 226
5. REFERENCES......Page 229
1. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ELDERLY......Page 233
2. THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE—WHERE DO THE ELDERLY ‘BELONG’?......Page 238
3. CONTRASTING MODELS OF FILIAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION......Page 239
4. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT......Page 242
5. THE DISADVANTAGES OF COERCIVE ENFORCEMENT......Page 245
6. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ELDERLY......Page 246
7. ENCOURAGING FAMILIAL OR PRIVATE SUPPORT......Page 247
REFERENCES......Page 250
Part 4: Migrant Communities and Transnational Kinship......Page 253
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 255
2. IRANIAN MIGRANTS AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF FAMILIES......Page 256
3. CARING FOR ELDERLY KIN......Page 258
4. MS LADAN, OR ‘MEL GIBSON’......Page 262
5. MS NAZANIN, OR ‘CINDERELLA’......Page 266
6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 270
7. REFERENCES......Page 271
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 275
2. TRANSNATIONAL KINSHIP AND THE NEED FOR CARE......Page 276
3. STATE AND TRANSMIGRANT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CARE......Page 277
4. ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENABLE CARE IN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES......Page 281
5. DILEMMAS ABOUT TRANSNATIONAL CARING: DESH-PARDESH WORRIES......Page 284
REFERENCES......Page 288
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 291
2. KINSHIP AND THE BRITISH PAKISTANI COMMUNITY: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS......Page 293
3. INFERTILITY: MEDICAL PROBLEM AND SOCIAL CRISIS.......Page 294
4. CRISES OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION: THREE CASE STUDIES......Page 296
5. DISCUSSION......Page 302
6. REFERENCES......Page 305
Afterword......Page 309
1. INTRODUCTION: FAMILY, KINSHIP, PERSONAL COMMUNITIES......Page 311
2. KINSHIP AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE: SUPPORT FOR OLDER PEOPLE......Page 314
3. KINSHIP AS A PERSONAL RESOURCE: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE......Page 316
4. BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL KINSHIP......Page 319
5. CONCLUSION......Page 320
REFERENCES......Page 321
Index......Page 323