What is a Parent: A Socio-Legal Analysis by Andrew Bainham (English) Paperback B

Description: What is a Parent by Andrew Bainham, Martin Richards, Shelley Day Sclater This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its various manifestations in contemporary society. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of the newly formed Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. The book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its various manifestations in contemporary society. It is divided into three sections dealing respectively with defining parenthood,new issues in contemporary parenting and parenting post-divorce. Each contributor addresses the central question What is a Parent? from the perspective of his or her own discipline, thus bringing together ideas about parents derived from law, sociology, psychology, biology and criminology.Despite the familiar and apparently obvious answer to this question the notion of parent emerges from the analysis as a contested concept. Definitions are various and fluid, parenting practices are by no means fixed, and ideologies which frame who parents are and what they do are subject to disruptions from several quarters. In short, the essays in this book show the ways in which parent like child is a term with a shifting meaning and parenthood refers to a fluid set of social practices which are historically and culturally situated.Contributors: Andrew Bainham, Carol Brayne, Stuart Bridge, Rachel Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Margaret Ely, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Susan Golombok, Jack Goody, Jonathan Herring, Felicia Huppert, Allison James, Martin Johnson, Bridget Lindley, Mavis Maclean, Juliet Mitchell, Ros Pickford, Martin Richards, Wendy Solomou, Candida Yates. Author Biography Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christs College,Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge.Shelley Day Sclater is a Reader in Psycho-Social Studies at the University of East London and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research.Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge. Table of Contents 1. IntroductionSHELLEY DAY SCLATER, ANDREW BAINHAM AND MARTIN RICHARDSPART I. DEFINING PARENTHOOD2. Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility: Subtle, Elusive Yet Important DistinctionsANDREW BAINHAM3. A Biomedical Perspective on ParenthoodMARTIN JOHNSON4. Assisted Reproduction and the Legal Definition of ParentageSTUART BRIDGE5. The Welfare Principle and the Rights of ParentsJONATHAN HERRING6. Family or Familiarity?JULIET MITCHELL AND JACK GOODYPART II. NEW ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PARENTING7. Donating Parenthood: Perspectives on Parenthood from Surrogacy and Gamete DonationRACHEL COOK8. Unmarried Fathers and the LawROS PICKFORD9. Lesbian Mother FamiliesSUSAN GOLOMBOK10. Parents: A Childrens PerspectiveALLISON JAMES11. State Intervention and Parental Autonomy in Childrens Cases: Have We Got the Balance Right?BRIDGET LINDLEY12. Youth Crime and Parental ResponsibilityLORAINE GELSTHORPEPART III. PARENTING POST-DIVORCE13. The Parent-Child Relationship in Later Life: the Longer-Term Effects of Parental Divorce and RemarriageWENDY SOLOMOU, MARGARET ELY, CAROL BRAYNE AND FELICIA A. HUPPERT14. Parents and Divorce: Changing Patterns of Public InterventionMAVIS MACLEAN AND MARTIN RICHARDS15. The Psycho-Politics of Post-Divorce ParentingSHELLEY DAY SCLATER AND CANDIDA YATES Review It is important to acknowledge the centrality of the central premise of this book. We can no longer assume that there is unanimity on what or who is a parent. Family arrangements continue to diversify and all those involved in working with men, women and children need to be aware of the potential legal, social and psychological ramifications. -- Brid Featherstone * Child and Family Social Work *Many of the chapters in this book offer new insights into the nature and practices of parenting and others provide useful reviews and syntheses on existing researchthis is a book that will be of interest to students and researchers focusing on the family in the fields of law, sociology and psychology. -- Felicity Kaganas * Social and Legal Studies * Long Description This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of the newly formed Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. The book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its various manifestations in contemporary society. It is divided into three sections dealing respectively with defining parenthood, new issues in contemporary parenting and parenting post-divorce. Each contributor addresses the central question What is a Parent? from the perspective of his or her own discipline, thus bringing together ideas about parents derived from law, sociology, psychology, biology and criminology. Despite the familiar and apparently obvious answer to this question the notion of parent emerges from the analysis as a contested concept. Definitions are various and fluid, parenting practices are by no means fixed, and ideologies which frame who parents are and what they do are subject to disruptions from several quarters. In short, the essays in this book show the ways in which parent like child is a term with a shifting meaning and parenthood refers to a fluid set of social practices which are historically and culturally situated. Contributors: Andrew Bainham, Carol Brayne, Stuart Bridge, Rachel Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Margaret Ely, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Susan Golombok, Jack Goody, Jonathan Herring, Felicia Huppert, Allison James, Martin Johnson, Bridget Lindley, Mavis Maclean, Juliet Mitchell, Ros Pickford, Martin Richards, Wendy Solomou, Candida Yates. Review Quote Many of the chapters in this book offer new insights into the nature and practices of parenting and others provide useful reviews and syntheses on existing research...this is a book that will be of interest to students and researchers focusing on the family in the fields of law, sociology and psychology. Felicity Kaganas writing in Social and Legal Studies September 2002. It is important to acknowledge the centrality of the central premise of this book. We can no longer assume that there is unanimity on what or who is a parent. Family arrangements continue to diversify and all those involved in working with men, women and children need to be aware of the potential legal, social and psychological ramifications. Brid Featherstone writing in Child and Family Social Work September 2002. Details ISBN1841130435 Author Shelley Day Sclater Short Title WHAT IS A PARENT Language English ISBN-10 1841130435 ISBN-13 9781841130439 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Imprint Hart Publishing Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Shelley Day Sclater DEWEY 346.42017 Affiliation Senior Lecturer, University of East London Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle A Socio-Legal Analysis DOI 10.1604/9781841130439 UK Release Date 1999-07-01 NZ Release Date 1999-07-01 Pages 312 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 1999-07-01 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1999-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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