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The European Family

The Family Question in the European Community

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Jacques Commaille

    1. Institut d’Etude Politiques de Paris, Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique Francaise, Paris, France

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  2. François Singly

    1. Faculté des Sciences Sociales at the Sorbonne, Université de Paris V — René Descartes, Paris, France

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Rules of the Comparative Method in the Family Sphere The meaning of a comparison

      • François de Singly, Jacques Commaille
      Pages 3-20

  3. Policies and Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Demographic Convergence beyond National Differences

      • François Bégeot, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Cordon
      Pages 23-44

    3. Family law: the continuity of national characteristics

      • Jacqueline Rubellin-Devichi
      Pages 45-60

    4. The Uncertainties of Policy with regard to the Family

      • Wilfried Dumon
      Pages 61-78

    5. Sociopolitical Regulation of the Family-Work Relationship

      • Linda Hantrais
      Pages 79-89

    6. European Welfare States in their relation to the family

      • Franz-Xaver Kaufmann
      Pages 91-102

    7. Historical Foundations of Family Structures

      • André Burguière
      Pages 103-117

  4. The European Family as seen Elsewhere

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Australian Family as an Expression of Modernity

      • Don E. Edgar
      Pages 121-132

    3. Problems of Modernity. The Uncertainties of Family Status in the United States

      • Kara M. Andersen
      Pages 133-138

    4. The Japanese Family between Tradition and Modernity

      • Tadaki Matsukawa
      Pages 139-148

  5. Family Government: Autonomy, Dependency and Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. The Generation Question State Solidarity versus Family Solidarity

      • Giovanni B. Sgritta
      Pages 151-166

    3. Cultural and Political Limits to the Transformation of Family Roles

      • Ulla Björnberg
      Pages 167-179

    4. The Family’s Contribution to Social Reproduction: A State Concern

      • Franz Schultheis
      Pages 181-194

    5. From Institution to Self-regulation

      • Valerio Pocar, Paola Ronfani
      Pages 195-203

    6. From “Privacy” to the Leviathan State The case of the child

      • John Eekelaar
      Pages 205-216
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About this book

Will the European Union have its ¿single family - a ¿European family - as it will have a single currency? This is the question at the origin of this book. Studies of family behavior and the organization of private life among European citizens, as well as of family member social status (children in relation to adults/parents, women in relation to men), and of social functions of the family, for example social reproduction, reveal so much convergence among European families that the reality of a ¿European family seems inevitable, and more so if one looks at foreign studies done - in Australia, the United States or Japan - of the family in Europe.
However, studies of the different judicial and public policy laws in the different European Union member countries lead one to refine this first impression. The family does not have the same legal meaning in all places, and the ways in which it is defined by law and public policy continue to differ strongly, due in particular to historical factors, cultural traditions, and conceptions of the role of the State.
In order for the family to be part of the construction of a European citizenship, the pluralistic nature of its political definitions will have to be recognized.
Putting the family into the context of evolving European integration has never been done before. It was made possible in this study thanks to the joint efforts of two editors with long experience in social science studies of the family and as expert advisors to the European Commission, and by the work of the best international specialists in the field.
This is a book intended for specialists working in the social sciences, for social and government policy-makers in the fields of family and social policy, and for all those interested in European integration.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut d’Etude Politiques de Paris, Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique Francaise, Paris, France

    Jacques Commaille

  • Faculté des Sciences Sociales at the Sorbonne, Université de Paris V — René Descartes, Paris, France

    François Singly

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The European Family

  • Book Subtitle: The Family Question in the European Community

  • Editors: Jacques Commaille, François Singly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8857-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4757-6Published: 31 October 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4917-9Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8857-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 248

  • Additional Information: Originally published in French

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Anthropology, Economic Policy, Population Economics

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