Who Counts as Family? How Standards Stratify Lives
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DOI: 10.1177/00031224221092303
Abstract: Building on Max Weber’s observation that the state’s reliance on formal tools leads to governance for some and dehumanization for others, we investigate administrative standards as a social mechanism of stratification that sorts people into… read more here.
Keywords: stratify lives; family; counts family; next kin ... See more keywords
Who Counts as Family? Gamete donation and the construction of family forms in medical markets
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DOI: 10.1177/0192513x19886620
Abstract: This paper examines how gender beliefs are embedded in the organizational practices of the reproductive market. Third party reproduction blurs boundaries between familial and non-familial members, making gamete banks and donation agencies important sites for… read more here.
Keywords: counts family; family forms; construction family; donation ... See more keywords