Rosalind Edwards|Jane Ribbens McCarthy|Val Gillies
The politics of concepts: family and its (putative) replacements
University of Southampton|Moscow Open Social University|The Open University|London South Bank University
central concern paper move within british sociology subsume sometimes even replace concept family within ideas personal life intimacy kinship calls attention lost sight conceptual move understanding collective whole beyond aggregation individuals creation lacunae partially filled disciplines engagement policy developments professional practices focus family core institutionalized idea repudiating necessity indeed pointing dangers providing definitive answer definitions family paper calls critical reflection implications conceptual moves