Hicks, S 2009, 'Sexuality and the ‘relations of ruling’ : using institutional ethnography to research lesbian and gay foster care and adoption' , Social Work & Society, 7 (2) , pp. 234-245.
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Abstract
This article makes use of institutional ethnography to research foster care and adoption by lesbians and gay men, drawing on the work of the feminist sociologist Dorothy E. Smith in order to demonstrate the investigation of social work institutional categories and the ‘relations of ruling’. Through an analysis of the ways in which ‘gender’ and the idea of the ‘gender role model’ is used within the assessment of gay and lesbian foster carers and adopters, the author shows how these categories are produced and used to police relationship forms and to identify ‘deviant instances’.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Themes: | Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Health and Wellbeing |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Work & Society |
| Publisher: | Social Work & Society |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 1613-8953 |
| Depositing User: | Users 47901 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2011 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 11:21 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/14939 |
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