Figuring out fairness
The social construction of inheritance entitlements in close relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3528311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhian Powell (0000-0001-6175-7152, WISERD, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 378-393 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380261231156681 |
| OpenAlex | W4321850939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article explores the social significance of writing a will and argues that how will-makers think about inheritance is tied to shifting understandings of kin, closeness and fairness. Will-writing is an overlooked and under-researched area of the social world but is a socially potent area of research, capable of revealing how people construct their moral landscapes. Drawing on the accounts shared by 22 elderly people considering what to do with their money when they die, this article illuminates how will-makers make appeals to different principles of fairness to relationally organise their social relationships, and to make these categorisations visible to others. Whilst fairness can act as a helpful normative framework for will-makers to draw upon in the legitimisation of their decisions, it is fundamentally a fluid concept that must be negotiated and explored in each context
Closeness · Construct (python library) · Context (archaeology) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Figuring · Inheritance (genetic algorithm) · Kinship · Law and economics · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Inheritance of Wealth
Home and Family
Death, grief, and mourning
The Social Meaning of Money
The Justice Motive in Human Relations
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Global Aging and Challenges to Families
Uneasy Street
An Ethics of Inheritance
Enduring Love? Attitudes to Family and Inheritance Law in England and Wales
The Justice Motive in Social Behavior
"The Science of "Muddling Through
Interviewing Separately or as Couples? Considerations of Authenticity of Method
Cultures of Intergenerational Transmission in Four-Generation Families
Material Affinities
The Intimate Couple, Family and the Relational Organization of Close Relationships
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |