Agents of Change? Families, Welfare and Democracy in Mid-to-Late Twentieth-Century Europe

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Jennifer Crane
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Families have always been vulnerable. They have long been torn apart by the mass migrations of warfare, the oppression of minority groups, the closure of international borders and the refugee crises governed ‘from above’. Families have also always been powerful symbols. Nationalist–populist movements have capitalised on fears about familial decline and liberal democracies have built moralistic views of the family into their welfare systems. Yet, this special issue aims to demonstrate that families have not merely been objects or subjects buffeted by political and social change. Rather, families have also consistently acted as ‘agents of change’. This is not to valorise the family – families have been patriarchal, damaging and oppressive as well as supportive, empowering and caring. However, this is to say that historical work must take ‘the family’ seriously as an active participant in shaping historical change.
变革的推动者?二十世纪中后期欧洲的家庭、福利与民主
家庭一直都很脆弱。长期以来,他们一直被战争的大规模移民、对少数群体的压迫、国际边境的关闭以及“自上而下”的难民危机所撕裂。家庭也一直是强有力的象征。民族主义-民粹主义运动利用了对家庭衰落的担忧,自由民主国家在其福利制度中建立了对家庭的道德观。然而,本期特刊旨在表明,家庭不仅仅是受到政治和社会变革冲击的对象或主体。相反,家庭也一直扮演着“变革的推动者”的角色。这并不是为了给家庭增加价值——家庭一直是父权制的、破坏性的、压迫性的,也是支持性的、赋权性的和关爱性的。然而,这意味着历史工作必须认真对待“家庭”,将其作为塑造历史变革的积极参与者。
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期刊介绍: Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short time span, the journal achieves both range and depth in its coverage. It is open to all forms of historical inquiry - including cultural, economic, international, political and social approaches - and welcomes comparative analysis. One issue per year explores a broad theme under the guidance of a guest editor. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.
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