Books by Carol (University of Manchester) Smart

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment, and even the decline of the possibility of family life.

Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that the quality of family life for children has deteriorated and that children are damaged by the choices their parents are making. It is possible, however, that children and families are more resilient than this.

aeo A new book co--authored by one of the leading sociologists on the topical subject of family breakdown. aeo Based on new empirical research with a large number of divorcing and divorced families. aeo Advances a new theoretical understanding of the nature of family commitment after divorce.