Doing What is Right
Researching Intimacy, Work and Family Life in Glasgow, 1945-1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Inne (0000-0002-3317-7609, Glasgow Caledonian University, corresponding author), Sue Innes (Glasgow Caledonian University), Linda Mckie (0000-0003-3098-3661, Glasgow Caledonian University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 66-74 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.1256 |
| OpenAlex | W2155240360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
Understanding discursive shifts over the twentieth century in relation to family roles, paid work and care is essential to any critical review of contemporary family theory and policies. This paper charts aspects of these shifts. An analysis of case records of the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (RSSPCC), 1945 to 1960 is presented. Based upon these data we reflect upon the construction of the working-class family in the West of Scotland and draw upon one case study to illustrate issues further. This post-war period was one of rapid social and technological change. It is commonly perceived as a period of segregated gender roles, and in the UK a predominant male-breadwinner family model. The RSSPCC case records suggest that family lives and forms, particularly for those on low incomes, were diverse throughout this period. Although prosecutions for cruelty and neglect are dominant in perceptions of the society, most of its work was in material assistance, advice and surveillance. This latter aspect is considered in this paper
Criminology · Cruelty · Neglect · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology
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Social reconstruction and the emergence of companionate marriage, 1945–59
Feminist Mothers
The Order of Things
A Matter of Record
Intimacy
Governing the Family
Maternal and Child Welfare
Friends of the Family
The family story
Unruly Practices
Only Half Way to Paradise
Health Care as Social History
Approaches to the History of the Western Family, 1500-1914
The Foundations of the Welfare State
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |