Family Justice, “Asian Values” and the Politics of Ambivalence in Singapore

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 467-483
Author(s):  
Daniel P.S. Goh
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Asian Values ◽  
Related Family ◽  
New Family ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Discursive Field

Abstract In recent years, Singapore made significant reforms towards the establishment of a dedicated family justice system, setting up the Family Justice Courts and enacting new laws to better manage the divorce process and the protection of children. Related policy changes have also been implemented to provide and support families that were previously considered non-traditional and even deviant. Rhetorically, the state, led by the long-ruling People’s Action Party, continues to champion the modern nuclear family with heterosexual marriage at its core as the normal “traditional” form of the family and the bedrock of conservative “Asian values” defining society and politics in Singapore. However, what the judiciary espouse as the new family justice paradigm and the related family justice practices, together with the shifts in social policy towards different family types, are changing the texture of the dominant conservatism rallied by “Asian values” discourse. This article locates and analyses the incipient paradigm shift in the rising pluralism of family forms and the influence of international legal developments in protecting the rights of the child and interventionist family law. By attempting to bridge the Weberian chasm of doing sociology as a vocation and doing politics as a vocation (as an opposition Member of Parliament), I show that the family justice paradigm has opened up the discursive field on the family and produce the politics of ambivalence caught between family justice and Asian family values. I argue for a relational family justice paradigm as a way to move beyond the politics of ambivalence.

Intergenerational Association of Alexithymic Characteristics for College Students and Their Mothers

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Fukunishi ◽  
Wayne Paris
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Toronto Alexithymia Scale ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types

The intergenerational association of alexithymic characteristics of mothers and their children were examined in a sample of 232 pairs of college students and their mothers. Scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Parental Bonding Inventory, and the Family Environmental Scale of college students were significantly correlated with their mothers' memories of when they were also 20 years old. College students' scores were significantly correlated with their mothers' scores on each questionnaire. The student-mother pairs were further divided into two family types, nuclear and extended families. Correlations were higher for scores of the nuclear family than for those of the extended family. Such results suggest there may be intergenerational transmission of alexithymia and related factors from mothers to children.

scholarly journals PERBEDAAN SELF-CARE AGENCY BERDASARKAN TEORI DOROTHEA OREM ANTARA TIPE NUCLEAR FAMILY DAN AGING COUPLE FAMILY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Mei Fitria Kurniati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Average Value ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Care Agency

Nurses as a part of health workers have an important role in changing the patients and families bahavior that able to balance and independence in their self care activities. One of the family functions is to have health care fuctions which is to maintain the family’s condition in order to have high productivity.The purpose of this study is to knowThe differences of self-care agency based on the Dorothea Orem’s Model between Nuclear family and aging couple family types. This research design was usedCross Sectional. The sampling methode usedwas Purposive Sampling. The number of sampling was 30 families which is nuclear family and aging couple family. The independentvariables isself-care agency and the dependent variable are Nuclear family and aging couple family types.Data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed by using Independent t-test with significance level was 0,05. The result showed that the average value of self care agency for nuclear family was 2387,40 while for aging family was 2163. The result of Mann Whitney showed sig. ρ = 0,000 that means ρ

scholarly journals Family and Family Values in the Slavic and Jewish Cultural Traditions

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Family Culture ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

The issue “Family and Family Values in the Slavic and Jewish Cultural Tradition” of the annual “Slavic and Jewish Culture: Dialogue, Similarities, Differences” includes the papers of the international conference “The Concept of Family in the Slavic and Jewish Cultural Tradition” held in Moscow on January 29–31, 2020. The book includes 16 articles by scholars from Russia, Germany, Latvia, who devoted their research to the peculiarities of functioning of the nuclear family in different cultural environments, in traditional society, as well as in the modern world against the background of globalization processes. Based on historical, literary, folklore and visual sources, the authors consider family values, family roles and their implementation in rituals, initiation and socialization rites, conflicts and dialogue of generations in the family culture of Slavs and Jews, family law, the impact of assimilation and acculturation on the traditional family.

scholarly journals What Constitutes a Family? Investigating Who Attends Family Events in Postdivorce Families

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Fang ◽  
Anne-Rigt Poortman ◽  
Tanja van der Lippe
Keyword(s):  
Family Interactions ◽  
Family Rituals ◽  
Related Family ◽  
New Family ◽  
Parent Child Interactions ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
The Family ◽  
Current Partner ◽  
Sole Custody ◽  
Family Boundaries

Objective: To explain whether divorced parents’ ex-partners and current partners belong to the family, and whether they both “jointly” do so. Background: It is uncertain who belongs to postdivorce families and how family boundaries become salient in family interactions. Method: We assessed whether divorced parents celebrated their child’s birthday together with their ex-partner (i.e., child’s biological parents), current partner (i.e., child’s stepparent), and jointly with both. Dutch Data (N=2,451) was analyzed using logistic regression. Results: Most parents celebrated the child’s birthday without the ex-partner, but with the current partner. One quarter celebrated with both. The ex-partners’ presence was more likely when parents’ and their current partners’ relationship with the ex-partner was good; and less likely when parents had repartnered and when the ex-partner had sole custody or additional biological or stepchildren. The presence of the current partner was more likely in case of coresidence with the biological parent and when the ex-partner had a new partner; and less likely when the ex-partner had sole custody and when parents’ relationship with the ex-partner was good. Conclusions: Child-related family rituals mostly involve the “new” stepparent rather than both biological parents. The effects of relationship quality, co-residence, repartnering and having additional biological or stepchildren highlight the importance of (step)parents’ willingness to interact with each other, structural opportunities for parent-child interactions, and parents’ shifting loyalties from their ex-partner to their new family.

scholarly journals Mechanisms for Preserving the Institution of the Family: National Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4255-4258
Keyword(s):  
Family Values ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Cultural Organizations ◽  
New Family ◽  
National Characteristics ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Family ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Wedding Ceremony ◽  
Special Environment

The formation of family values in the younger generation begins at the earliest stages of personality formation within the family and continues in the socialization process in society. The value system associated with the institution of marriage and the family is transmitted through various channels, ranging from parenting to the virtual environment. The border areas, such as the Astrakhan Region, which are characterized by interfaith marriage unions, are a special environment, in which there are own mechanisms for preserving the institution of the family and special channels for transmitting family values. One of these mechanisms is the reconstruction of the traditional wedding ceremony. Within the framework of the present research, the authors studied archival documents containing information about the traditional wedding ceremonies of the peoples living in the Astrakhan Region. There was also a content analysis of ritual traditions related to the creation of a new family (matchmaking, wedding, etc.), in the reconstruction of which the modern cultural organizations of the region were involved. The research results show that the reconstructed wedding ceremony between partners, when one of them is a representative of another nationality and religion, is a kind of portal, through which the future spouse enters a new cultural environment for him or her and begins his or her adaptation already at the initial stage of creating a family union.

scholarly journals A Família e o Reconhecimento de Paternidade Socioafetiva no Ordenamento Jurídico Brasileiro

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Juliana Isabele Gomes Probst ◽  
Vitor Ferreira de Campos
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Theoretical Conception ◽  
The Subject

ResumoEntre os destaques relacionados ao Direito de Família se encontra, em sua própria titulação, o cerne de todas as discussões dessa decorrentes: a concepção de família. Como uma das ramificações dessa concepção, fruto da nova interpretação sobre o conceito de família, a filiação deixou de ter relação apenas com a consanguinidade, mas adentrou ao âmago das relações sociais de afeto. Compreender a evolução do conceito de família nuclear, suas novas estruturações na contemporaneidade, o conceito de socioafetividade e sua composição no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro é exordio para a apreensão da concepção teórica do Direito de Família em sentido macro, exigindo uma análise aprofundada das transformações decorrentes das vicissitudes do cenário global constituinte das relações e manifestações sociais, geopolíticas e econômicas, bem como um estudo comparado entre teoria e prática. Por meio da pesquisa qualitativa bibliográfica é possível analisar o Direito de Família, sobretudo, no que tange ao reconhecimento de paternidade socioafetiva, tendo por base julgados e legislações contemporâneas, trazendo segurança jurídica na adoção desta prática interpretativa do Direito, que ainda causa dúvidas e controvérsias ideológicas, as quais nos últimos anos têm sido alvo de debates, de reflexões, de avanços e de retrocessos, como todo bom processo de evolução na sociedade. Palavras-chave: Paternidade Socioafetiva. Direito de Família. Conceito de Família. AbstractAmong the highlights related to Family Law, there is in its own title the heart of all discussions arising from it: the family concept. As one of the ramifications of this conception, the result of the new family concept interpretation, affiliation is no longer related only to consanguinity, but has entered the heart of social relationships of affection. Understanding the evolution of the nuclear family concept, its new structures in contemporary times, the socio-affectivity concept and its composition in the Brazilian legal system, is a requirement for understanding the theoretical conception of Family Law in a macro sense, requiring an in-depth analysis of the transformations arising out of the vicissitudes of the global scenario constituting the social, geopolitical and economic relations and manifestations, as well as a comparative study between theory and practice. Through qualitative bibliographic research, it is possible to analyze Family Law, especially regarding the recognition of socio-affective paternity, based on contemporary judgments and legislation, bringing legal certainty in the adoption of this interpretative Law practice, which still causes doubts and ideological controversies, which in recent years has been the subject of debates, reflections, advances and setbacks, like any good evolution process in the society. Keywords: Socio-Affective Fatherhood. Family Right. Family Concept.

Peut-il y avoir une définition médicale de la crise familiale?

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-319
Author(s):  
J.P. Kahn ◽  
P. Witkowski ◽  
M. Laxenaire
Keyword(s):  
Normal Family ◽  
Family System ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Therapeutic System ◽  
Family Crisis ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Significant Life

In our contemporary society, the traditional multi-generational family has to adapt and to organize itself around a smaller nucleus: “The nuclear family”. Nowadays, the management of the crises which accompany significant Life Events (such as birth, marriage, retirement, death…) within this new family-system, is refrained by the lack of “relays” which were previously provided by the “enlarged family”. In the absence of available relatives (that is, grandparents, cousins, etc…), it is now the Medical System which is addressed with the demand for help. Using worthy contributions of the systemic theories, the authors analyze the ambiguity of such a request and the paradox underlying it, namely, to take care of a “normal” family crisis. They emphasize two major dangers consisting of the “designation” of an identified patient and the risk of “phagocytosis” of the therapeutic system by the family system.

scholarly journals Family Resilience from the Perspective of A.A. Bogdanov’ Organizational Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
A.V. Makhnach ◽  
A.I. Laktionova
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
The Family ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Organizational Patterns ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
System Methodology

Objective. Analysis of the family resilience as its systemic characteristics from the standpoint of the organizational theory of A.A. Bogdanov. Background. The growing uncertainty of the existence of a person and a family makes such a quality as resilience in demand. The approach to the family as a system and practical work with it from the perspective of studying its resilience presupposes an emphasis not on the weakness and dysfunctionality of the family, but on those potential and real possibilities that are inherent in it. The family resilience as its systemic characteristic, depends on the balance of risk and protective factors, in the quality of which the family’s resources are considered. Family resourses are indicators of the family resilience. The resources of the nuclear family, contributing to the formation and maintenance of its resilience in wide temporal, social and cultural contexts, are gradually uniting individual resources. The process of forming the resource capacity of the family is not only their accumulation, but also the synthesis and grouping of the resources of the whole family as a system. Methodology. Organizational theory A.A. Bogdanov. Conclusions. Organizational theory A.A. Bogdanova, being a general scientific approach to the study of any system, makes it possible to analyze the family resilience as its systemic characteristics from the standpoint of the interaction of multidirectional activities mediated by differences in the understanding of family values, communication needs and organizational patterns. The joint coordinated activity of family members, leading to an increase in family resilience, is achieved with the help of certain resources.

scholarly journals Family Values and Practices in the Discourse of Tatars and Russians in Tatarstan

REGIONOLOGY ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-190
Author(s):  
Guzel I. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Cultural Foundations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Kinship Relations

Introduction. Now that family values ​​are both the most significant and the most debated ones, the issue of the socio-cultural foundations of the corresponding norms and actions is of particular importance. Based on exploratory research, the article considers the most general nature of the influence of the ethnic factor on family values, statuses, and practices of the Tatars and Russians living in Tatarstan, and identifies the place of the family in the system of their life priorities. Materials and Methods. The study adopted the value-oriented approach and certain provisions of the theory of transformation of a traditional society into a modern one. It was based on the texts of 30 in-depth interviews given by the families of urban and rural Tatars and Russians living in the region. Most of the interviews were conducted in two-generation family homes, which made it possible to create a confidential atmosphere of conversation, and to imagine how the family members really interact, as well as to cover several generations of interviewees thus increasing their number. Results. The performed analysis of the texts has revealed that, while the family tops the hierarchy of values ​​of both Tatars and Russians, there have been differences in the content of family values ​​and in their interrelation with other ones. Among the Tatars, all other value orientations are linked the family, solution of economic problems being an integrating factor, and extended kinship relations being significant. For ethnic Russians, work, self-development, and hobbies have a separate and independent meaning; the family tends to be united by the ideas of friendship and mutual understanding, while close kindred ties are mainly maintained with the nuclear family. Discussion and Conclusion. The study made it possible to draw conclusions and assumptions about the common features and differences in family values ​​and practices of the Tatars and Russians living in Tatarstan, due to the ethno-confessional specifics of cultures and the peculiarities of their social dynamics. Prospects for the study of family priorities are associated with further research into the interaction of the culturally related norms and values of the ethnic communities. This may become a basis for the development of their mutual understanding and cooperation.

scholarly journals Social Representations of Art in Public Places: A Study of Everyday Explanations of the Statue of ‘A Real Birmingham Family’

Genealogy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Peter J. Aspinall
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Ian Hacking ◽  
Public Places ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Cross National

This article focuses on the social/cultural representations of the statue of A Real Birmingham Family cast in bronze and unveiled in Britain’s second city in October 2014. It reveals a family comprising two local mixed-race sisters, both single mothers, and their sons, unanimously chosen from 372 families. Three of the four families shortlisted for the statue were ‘mixed-race’ families. The artwork came about through a partnership between the sculptress, Gillian Wearing, and the city’s Ikon Gallery. A number of different lay representations of the artwork have been identified, notably, that it is a ‘normal family with no fathers’ and that it is not a ‘typical family’. These are at variance with a representation based on an interpretation of the artwork and materials associated with its creation: that a nuclear family is one reality amongst many and that what constitutes a family should not be fixed. This representation destabilizes our notion of the family and redefines it as empirical, experiential, and first-hand, families being brought into recognition by those in the wider society who choose to nominate themselves as such. The work of Ian Hacking, Richard Jenkins, and others is drawn upon to contest the concept of ‘normality’. Further, statistical data are presented that show that there is now a plurality of family types with no one type dominating or meriting the title of ‘normal’. Finally, Wearing’s statues of families in Trentino and Copenhagen comprise an evolving body of cross-national public art that provides further context and meaning for this representation.

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