TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The politics of concepts: family and its (putative) replacements
JO  - British journal of sociology
A1  - Edwards, Rosalind
A1  - McCarthy, Jane Ribbens
A1  - Gillies, Val
SP  - 730
EP  - 746
VL  - 63
IS  - 4
N2  - The central concern of this paper is that there has been a move within British sociology to subsume (or sometimes, even replace) the concept of ?family? within ideas about personal life, intimacy and kinship. It calls attention to what will be lost sight of by this conceptual move: an understanding of the collective whole beyond the aggregation of individuals; the creation of lacunae that will be (partially) filled by other disciplines; and engagement with policy developments and professional practices that focus on ?family? as a core, institutionalized, idea. While repudiating the necessity (and indeed, pointing out the dangers) of providing any definitive answer to definitions of ?family?, the paper calls for critical reflection on the implications of these conceptual moves.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01434.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -