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Wyness, Michael G. (2014) Children, family and the state : revisiting public and private realms. Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association, Volume 48 (Number 1). pp. 59-74. doi:10.1177/0038038512467712 ISSN 0038-0385.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038512467712
Abstract
The state is often viewed as part of the impersonal public sphere in opposition to the private family as a locus of warmth and intimacy. In recent years this modernist dichotomy has been challenged by theoretical and institutional trends which have altered the relationship between state and family. This paper explores changes to both elements of the dichotomy that challenge this relationship: a more fragmented family structure and more individualised and networked support for children. It will also examine two new elements that further disrupt any clear mapping between state/family and public/private dichotomies: the third party role of the child in family/state affairs and children's application of virtual technology that locates the private within new cultural and social spaces. The paper concludes by examining the rise of the 'individual child' hitherto hidden within the family/state dichotomy and the implications this has for intergenerational relations at personal and institutional levels.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Families, Family policy | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0038-0385 | ||||||
Official Date: | 5 February 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 48 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 59-74 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0038038512467712 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 |
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