Families and relationships e-Special issue introduction

May, V. and Dawson, M. (2018) Families and relationships e-Special issue introduction. Sociology, 52(4), NP1-NP10. (doi: 10.1177/0038038518760427)

Abstract

This Families and Relationships e-Special Issue contains a selection of ten papers previously published in Sociology. In this Introduction, we first outline the broader sub-disciplinary context in which the paper contained herein can be located and explain the criteria we used to select them. The increased popularity of families and relationships as a focus of sociological study is reflected in the dominance of papers published in the 1990s and later. Our selection highlights the following developments within the field: the shift from the sociology of the family to a sociology of families; the debates surrounding late modern changes and the individualisation thesis; increased diversity regarding types of family and kinds of issue that have been researched; and continued theoretical development by extending the family practices approach and by widening the scope of study. We include reflections of how the papers in this e-Special Issue speak to developments in the discipline at large and in the field of families and relationships, as well as what the future might hold for the field.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Dawson, Professor Matt
• Authors: May, V., and Dawson, M.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology; H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Sociology
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 0038-0385
• ISSN (Online): 1469-8684
• Published Online: 15 March 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Sociology 52(4):NP1-NP10
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher