Family Life
Chapter 9 Further reading and weblinks

Jones, Pip (forthcoming) Family Feuds: The Politics of the Family, Polity, Cambridge
Written by the author of Chapter 9, this text places debates about the family within the broader context of sociological theory and its perspectives. It provides a sense of the historical development of the relevant issues, problems and approaches and relates the family to a wider range of sociological concerns, as well as providing a context within which to critically assess competing approaches to these issues.

Rodger, John (1996) Family Life and Social Control, Palgrave, Basingstoke
Although primarily concerned with policy issues, this text shows the fruitfulness of applying Foucauldian ideas to the study of the family. It provides a critical analysis of the many ways in which family life has become the focus of professional interest and an object for social control by policy-makers and the 'new' health and welfare professions.

Smart, Carol (ed.) (1992) Regulating Womanhood: Historical Essays on Marriage, Motherhood and Sexuality, Routledge, London
It contains some insightful contributions to the growing body of research demonstrating the need to link the historical understanding of the forms of regulation that have constructed women's lives to contemporary debates about women and the family.

Turner, Bryan (1992) Regulating Bodies, Routledge, London
This is a series of essays by the seminal figure in the rapidly expanding field of the sociology of the body. It clearly demonstrates the need for family sociology to draw upon the insights produced by the new sociology of the body.