Investigates social parents – people who function as parents but who may not be recognized as such in the eyes of the law What makes a person a parent? Around

Children and parents have become a focus of debates on ‘new social risks’ in European welfare states. Policymaking elites have converged in defining such ri

Extraordinary changes in patterns of family life—and family law—have dramatically altered the boundaries of parenthood and opened up numerous questions and

Drawing on both sociological and anthropological perspectives, this volume explores cross-national trends and everyday experiences of ‘parenting’. Parenting

When we compare Eastern and Western societies, we find similar economic and social forces at work. But the impact of these on family life reflects differences i