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World Service,31 Oct 2001,13 mins

Family in Society

Family Matters

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In theory, conforming to the family is a way of getting us all to play by the social and political rules. This programme explores the family vs individualism, collectivism - and the value of women and men in a family and in work. With writer Diana Gittins, David Blankenhorn of The institute for American values, anthropologist Professor Adam Cooper and Frances Pine of Cambridge University.

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