End of century, end of family? : Shifting discourses of family 'crisis' / Caroline Wright and Gill Jagger -- Men, heterosexuality and the changing family : (Re)constructing fatherhood in law and social policy / Richard Collier -- Will boys be left on the shelf? / Sue Lees -- Lesbian and gay families : Legal perspectives / Kath O'Donnell -- Poor choices? : Gender, agency and the underclass debate / Kirk Mann and Sasha Roseneil -- 'Family values' and conservative government policy : 1979-97 / Lorraine Fox Harding -- Family values and the nation-state / Paul Gilbert -- Unpicking political communitarianism : A critique of 'the communitarian family' / Elizabeth Frazer -- From modern nuclear family households to postmodern diversity? The sociological construction of 'families' /Jo Vanevery -- Virtual social science and the politics of family values in the United States / Judith Stacey.
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Ranging across politics, social policy, the law, sociology and history, the contibutors focus on the diverse realities of contemporary family life. This collection offers a comprehensive introduction to recent debates and new research.