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• 29 jui 2018

  Amiens

  Call for papers - Sociology

  The family, a subject for investigation

  Family, as guarantor of moral values and social control, has long been seen as a pillar of society. Marginal behaviours (such as children born out of wedlock or single mothers) and/or any changes to what was perceived as the norm were often seen as threats. Policy makers and public authorities thus started to order and organize inquiries through surveys to apprehend and understand these behaviours. The aim was to be able to set up adequate policies to fight against what was perceived as possible attacks on family as an institution.

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