Author:
BORNAT JOANNA,DIMMOCK BRIAN,JONES DAVID,PEACE SHEILA
Abstract
The changing nature of family life has become a major issue in contemporary
Britain. Concerns that change will bring moral decline and social fragmentation are
countered by a more optimistic view which focuses on a future
of more equitable and flexible family ties. Research drawing on area-based
data in Luton amongst older, middle-aged and younger people with
experience of family change suggests that so far as inter-generational relations,
caring, and transfers of family wealth are concerned, traditional attitudes
towards blood ties, household independence and care and support survive
alongside new step relationships. The research also suggests that although
several respondents had more than one generation of experience of family
change, the language of step relationships is still one which is not yet
completely accepted, or one with which people feel completely at ease.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Social Psychology,Health(social science)
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