Comparing child maintenance systems
Conceptual and methodological issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12594485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Corden (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 287-300 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13645570110064575 |
| OpenAlex | W2081952198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Technological developments in collection and transfer of data have widened the scope of comparative research, but there has perhaps been less progress in methodology at conceptual and theoretical levels. In this article the author uses aspects of the research experience in a comparative study to illustrate the importance of considering transference and translation of concepts. The study compared child maintenance sytems in ten European countries to contribute to the UK policy debate on child support and reform of the Child Support Agency. Complex issues arose in making comparisons, illustrated here in discussion about different assumptions of obligation and ownership among the countries studied, in the context of child support, and conceptual differences in what is considered 'fair'. The author also reflects on the management and effect of language differences between the informants, and the adoption of English as the working language. The article concludes by emphasising the importance of developing the conceptual, theoretical and linguistic underpinning of comparative research
Agency (philosophy · Comparative research · Conceptual framework · Context (archaeology · Data collection · Epistemology · Obligation · Political science · Public relations · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Underpinning · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Law · Research in Social Sciences · Social Work Education and Practice
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Qualitative research methods in cross-national settings
Contextualization in cross-national comparative research
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The 'Interpreter Effect
The Making of the Child Support Act of 1991
Conditional citizens? welfare rights and responsibilities in the late 1990s
Child Support in Lone-Parent Families
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2015 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |