Founding the New ‘Family Studies’
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Review
- Vol. 36 (1) , 57-86
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.1988.tb02935.x
Abstract
By developing the concept of Multidimensional Developmental Pathways, the potential social policy consequences of such theorising are explored. In moving towards conceptualising the actual needs of people and the unity of their lives we can consciously (rather than unconsciously) contribute proposals for rebuilding social policy. With a view to generating further interest in alternative theoretical approaches to the analysis of ‘family life’, three theorems are then proposed. These three theorems constitute the first step in founding the New ‘Family Studies’.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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