Sexuality and the ‘Relations of Ruling’: Using Institutional Ethnography to Research Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption
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’. Thro...
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Language: | English |
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Social Work & Society
2009-12-01
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Series: | Social Work and Society |
Online Access: | https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/75 |