Remembering David Morgan

Families, Relationships and Societies: a decade of scholarship and agendas for the future

“…May (2012) presented an elaboration of the institutional and political dimensions of inquiry this sub-field potentially considers while Wilkinson and Bell (2012) argued for the need to promote greater critical engagement with the concept of 'family', especially beyond sociology. Similarly subsequent journal volumes often returned to these conceptual, sociological and policy debates; for example, the Special Issue 'Remembering David Morgan' (Jamieson et al, 2020) which engaged various aspects of his work including the influential term 'family practices'. These set up the journal as a location for debates about key concepts and disciplinary developments and connections.…”