A STRUCTURAL SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACH TO FAMILY POLICY: A CRITIQUE OF THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY POLICY

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  • Vishanthie Sewpaul School of Social Work and Community Development, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa

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https://doi.org/10.15270/41-4-312

Abstract

Sexist language aside, the following quotation aptly captures the power of the family:“The institution of the family stands in a peculiarly central, crucial position. It faces inward to the individual, outward toward society preparing each member to take his place in the wider social group by helping him to internalize its values and traditions as part of himself … It has enormous creative potential, including that of life itself, and it is not surprising that, when it becomes disordered, it possesses an equal potential for terrible destruction.” (Skinner cited in De Bruyn, 1992:21)

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2014-07-09

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Sewpaul, V. (2014). A STRUCTURAL SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACH TO FAMILY POLICY: A CRITIQUE OF THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY POLICY. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.15270/41-4-312

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