 In
this issue
No.
118 December 1982
LettersUpdateBriefly...
MUM,
DAD AND THE KIDS
 Issue Editor Debbie Taylor looks at the forces that shape
family life and asks whether the family really is dying.
Facts
on the Incredible Shrinking Family
‘A
bloody awful situation’
Psychiatrist R.
D. Laing analyses ‘normar families.
On Love
Jill Tweedie argues that society has not yet created the conditions
that make true love possible.
A Crumbling
Refuge
Third World women are discovering they can no longer look to their menfolk
for security and support Perdita Huston talked to them about their worries.
God, family
and country
The powerful 'New Right' movement in the US calls for a retum
to traditional family morality. But, as Ellen Mutari argues
that's not quite all they are calling for.
The Holy Family
World Council of Churches spokesman Masamba ma Mpolo relates
his views on the
family to Chris Shepperd.
Two steps forward, one step back
Socialism’s forefathers took a hard line on the family. Today’s
socialist govemments temper theory with pragmatics. Wayne
Ellwood reports.
Room to Breathe
Feminists do not want to destroy family life, says Kathleen
McDonnell, they just want to give
women more space in it.
Model Families
A New Intemationalist round-up of major sociological
theories of the family.
Private
Passions
A glimpse of the future by science fiction writer Bob Shew.
‘To
each according to his needs’
Nigel Pollard reports from Israel where the
nuclear family is making a comeback in kibbutz life.
Worth reading on... THE FAMILY
Ideas
for action
Reviews:
New books and a classicCountry
profile: ArgentinaCover
photograph: Michael McIntyre
/ Alan Hutchison Library
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