Building a Relational Society: New Priorities for Public Policy Book

	Biographical details
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
1	Making relationships a priority for public policy	3
2	Committed relationships: Current trends	17
3	The effects of relationships on well-being	33
4	Short-term relationships: Reaping the liberal whirlwind	49
5	Postmodernism: Mutual society in crisis	65
6	Till death do us part?	83
7	Children in need	93
8	From generation to generation	107
9	Stakeholders in the workplace	121
10	Developing corporate responsibility	135
11	Employment and caring within households	151
12	Science and technology: Profit or loss?	167
13	Fiscal and welfare policy: Why families lose out	183
14	Banking and finance: The importance of relationships	201
15	Urban relationships: A challenge in town planning	217
16	The common sense of community	233
17	Relational impact statements: Measuring the effect of public policy on personal relationships	249
18	Changed priorities ahead: Rebuilding the relational base	267
	Further reading	287
	The Relationships Foundation	289