Suffer the Children? Divorce and Child Welfare in Postwar Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosemary Elliot (0000-0003-1808-8234, Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow, Bute Gardens, United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 433-459 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199020945746 |
| OpenAlex | W3047826090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explains why a consensus emerged in the 1950s that courts should be satisfied with the arrangements made for children before parental divorce was granted. I locate this within an evolving child welfare landscape in the context of high levels of divorce in England. The issues at stake were the relationship of child welfare to parental marital status, how this should be established in individual cases, and the legitimacy and boundaries of state intervention in divorce cases. Such developments were absent in Scotland, where the Scottish judiciary believed in upholding the autonomy of parents to make their own arrangements
Autonomy · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |