Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-2

one - Families and relationships: boundaries and bridges

pp 3-18

Part One - Families in society

pp 19-22

two - Balancing work and family life: mothers’ views

pp 23-38

three - Gender, care, poverty and transitions

pp 39-56

four - Families, education and the ‘participatory imperative’

pp 57-72

Part Two - Children, families and relationships

pp 73-76

five - Children’s boundaries: within and beyond families

pp 77-94

six - Family within and beyond the household boundary: children’s constructions of who they live with

pp 95-110

seven - Children managing parental drug and alcohol misuse:challenging parent–child boundaries

pp 111-126

Part Three - Health, illness and well-being

pp 127-130

eight - Intersections of health and well-being in women’s lives and relationships at mid-life

pp 131-148

nine - Families, relationships and the impact of dementia – 149 insights into the ‘ties that bind’

pp 149-168

ten - Violence and families: boundaries, memories and identities

pp 169-184

Part Four - Relationships and friendships

pp 185-188

eleven - Boundaries of intimacy

pp 189-206

twelve - Solo living, individual and family boundaries: findings from secondary analysis

pp 207-226

thirteen - Boundaries of friendship

pp 227-240

fourteen - Living and loving beyond the boundaries of the 24 heteronorm: personal relationships in the 21st century

pp 241-258

Conclusion

pp 259-260

fifteen - Perspectives on social policies and families

pp 261-270

Index

pp 271-282