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Strand 3 looks at actual practice in Britain, exploring how people identify and fulfil their responsibilities to their ‘significant others’, whoever they may be. This strand is comprised of four qualitative, empirical projects [more detailed information about these projects can be viewed by clicking on the relevant title]: 3a:
Mothers, Care and Employment 3b:
Families after Divorce 3c:
Transnational Kinship 3d:
Friendship and Non-Conventional Partnerships Each
project is concerned with understanding what people currently think
is ‘the right thing to do’ in relation to those they
care for and about. Should a mother give up her career to raise
her children given the high rates of divorce? Should young people
expect their parents to support them until they are in their mid-twenties?
Should fathers pay for the children of their first marriages as
well as those they currently live with? Should we all seek to be
independent of the state and thus more dependent upon other family
members in times of need? Can we really care for others and work
full-time as well? Should children expect to support their parents
in the future? If so, would this include a father who never paid
child support? |
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