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While in the past family life was characterised as a "haven from the harsh realities of life", it is now recognised as a site of vulnerabilities and a place where care work can go unacknowledged and be a source of social and economic hardship. This book addresses the strong relationships that exist between vulnerability and care and dependency in particular contexts, where family law and social policy have a contribution to make.
A fundamental premise of this collection is that vulnerability needs to be analysed in a way that gets at the heart of the differential power relationships that exist in society, particularly in respect of access to family justice, including effective social policy and law targeted at the specific needs of families in mutually dependent caring relationships. It is therefore crucial to critically examine the various approaches taken by policy makers and law reformers in order to understand the range of ways that some families, and some family members, may be rendered more vulnerable than others.
The first book of its kind to provide an intersectional approach to this subject, Vulnerabilities, Care and Family Law will be of interest to students and practitioners of social policy and family law.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Vulnerabilities, Care and Families Julie Wallbank and Jonathan Herring, CHAPTER 2: The Contours of ‘Vulnerability’ Jennifer Collins, CHAPTER 3: Careful Family Law Jonathan Herring, CHAPTER 4: Why Care? ‘Deserving Family Members’ and the Conservative Movement for Broader Family Recognition Nicola Barker, CHAPTER 5: 'The failure(s) of the self-managed post-separation family' Julie Wallbank, CHAPTER 6: Autonomy and vulnerability in family law. The missing link Alison Diduck, CHAPTER 7: Mediation and vulnerable parents Christine Piper, CHAPTER 8: Child Protection and the Modernised Family Justice System Felicity Kaganas, CHAPTER 9: Child support, child contact and social class Stephen Mckay, CHAPTER 10: Labour Law, Family Law and Care: A Plea for Convergence Nicole Busby, CHAPTER 11: Relational vulnerability, care and dependency Jo Bridgeman, CHAPTER 12: Vulnerable Adults Alison Brammer CHAPTER 13: When are adult safeguarding interventions justified? Michael Dunn,
About the author
Julie Wallbank is based at the University of Leeds; Jonathan Herring is at the University of Oxford.
