The marriage squeeze and the rise in informal marriage in Brazil

Article Abstract:

Communities worldwide have been experiencing disequilibrium in sex-ratio at marriageable ages. In India the situation is balanced by the increasing influence of dowry in marriages and also decrease in spousal age difference, while in Africa its polygamy that plays a crucial role. In Brazil, the marriage market balances itself by recycling men through very unstable informal marriages. Applying the report of a 1984 census, a relationship between the marriage squeeze and increases in informal marriage has been established.

Analysis, Demographic aspects, Sex ratio

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Bigamy: neither love nor marriage, but a threat to the nation?

Article Abstract:

Media coverage of court cases about bigamy demonstrates how British society sees itself as threatened from within by bigamists and from without by immigration. Marriage in these instances is viewed as a key institution to the United Kingdom's culture, and published judicial comments show a belief in "wedding rackets" that undermine Britain's immigration system.

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, United Kingdom, Media coverage, Emigration and immigration, Bigamy

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The gaze and visibility of the carer: a Foucauldian analysis of the discourse of informal care

Article Abstract:

The Foucauldian perspective is used to examine the discourse of informal care. How the informal carer has appeared in policy and discourse since the 1970s and the visibility of this figure in the historical transformation of the medical gaze are covered.

Caregivers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Powers and duties, Foucauld, Michel

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