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BL
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973088
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b727458
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| Main Entry
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Almond, Brenda.
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| Title & Author
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The fragmenting family /\ Brenda Almond.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (259 pages)
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| ISBN
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0191533203
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: 0199267952
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: 1429460067
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: 6610755094
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: 9780191533204
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: 9780199267958
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: 9781429460064
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: 9786610755097
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0199548706
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9780199548705
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Understanding family : philosophy's contribution. Family ; Permanent relations? Love, marriage, and philosophical lives ; From philosophy to law ; Feminist aims, family consequences -- pt. II. Shaping families : science's contribution. Having and not having children ; New reproductive technologies : whose human rights? -- pt. III. New frontiers : family, law, and politics. Family choices : what do children really want? ; Law, policy-making, and the contemporary family -- pt. IV. Preserving identities : a future for the family? Family, identity, and community ; Finding a way through the wood.
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| Abstract
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'The Fragmenting Family' throws down a challenge to liberal consensus about personal relationships. The author maintains that the traditional family is fragmenting in Western societies, and that this fragmentation is a cause of serious social problems.
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Families.
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Family policy.
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Reproductive technology-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Families.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Alternative Family.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Reference.
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Family policy.
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Reproductive technology-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethiek.
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Gezin.
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Sociale verandering.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.85
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| LC Classification
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HQ519.A46 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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71.21bcl
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