TY - JOUR AU - Sewpaul, Vishanthie PY - 2014/07/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A STRUCTURAL SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACH TO FAMILY POLICY: A CRITIQUE OF THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY POLICY JF - Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk JA - SWMW VL - 41 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.15270/41-4-312 UR - https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/312 SP - AB - Sexist language aside, the following quotation aptly captures the power of the family:<br />“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) ER -