Ordering lives : family, work and welfare / edited by Gordon Hughes and Ross Fergusson.

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TextSeries: Introduction to the social sciences. Understanding social change.Publication details: London : Routledge in association with the Open University, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

041532971X
9780415329712
0203392183
9780203392188
9786610232024
6610232024
9781134330027
1134330022
9781134329977
1134329970
9781134330010
1134330014
1280232021
9781280232022

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ordering lives.DDC classification:

303.4094109045 22

LOC classification:

HQ614 .O73 2004eb

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Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Open University course team; Series preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Power: its institutional guises (and disguises); Chapter 2 Family: from tradition to diversity?; Chapter 3 Work: from certainty to flexibility?; Chapter 4 Welfare: from security to responsibility?; Afterword; Acknowledgements; Index.

Summary: This accessible and exciting text examines the role of family, work and welfare in maintaining social order and promoting social change in the UK from the 1950s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This accessible and exciting text examines the role of family, work and welfare in maintaining social order and promoting social change in the UK from the 1950s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.