Fragmenting fatherhood : a socio-legal study

Fragmenting fatherhood : a socio-legal study / Richard Collier, Sally Sheldon.

Debates about the future of fatherhood have been central to a range of conversations about changing family forms, parenting and society. Law has served an important, yet often neglected, role in these discussions, serving as an important focal point for broader political frustrations, playing a cent...

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Main Author: Collier, Richard, 1961-
Other Authors: Sheldon, Sally
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Hart Pub., 2008.
Subjects:
Parent and child (Law) > England.
Parent and child (Law) > Wales.
Fathers > Legal status, laws, etc. > England.
Fathers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Wales.
Fatherhood > Social aspects.
Families.
Nuclear families.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Nuclear families
Families
Fatherhood > Social aspects
Fathers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Parent and child (Law)
Vaterschaft
Recht
Vaderschap.
Juridische aspecten.
Sociologische aspecten.
England
Wales
Großbritannien
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introducing Fatherhood and Law; Introduction; I 'Fragmenting Fatherhood'; II The Structure of the Argument; III Contexts of Change: New Families, New Fatherhood?; IV. Researching Fatherhood, New Questions For Law; V. Family Law, Family Policy and Fatherhood; VI. Law, Families, Fatherhood: Conceptual Questions; Conclusion; 2 Fatherhood and 'Natural' Reproduction; Introduction; I. Preventing Fatherhood: Contraception and Abortion; II. Reproductive Agency, Antenatal Responsibility and Foetal Welfare; III. Fathers, Pregnancy and Childbirth; Conclusion.

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