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Contents Tables vii Foreword ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Relevance of the Research 2 1.2 Portrayal of Fathers'-Rights Organizations in the Popular and Academic Literature 3 1.3 Focus and Objective of the Research 10 1.4 A Brief Profile of Fathers For Justice 11 1.5 Outline of the Chapters 13 Chapter 2: Collective Identity Theory 15 2.1 Marx: Class and Collective Identity 17 2.2 Touraine: Class, Culture and Identity 19 2.2.1 Structural Designations of Collective Identity: Class 19 2.2.2 Cultural Stakes: The Production of Collective Identity 20 2.2.3 Assessing Touraine's Conception of Collective Identity 22 2.3 Laclau: Discursive Articulation and Collective Identity 25 2.3.1 Discursive Articulation: Elements and Moments 26 2.3.2 An Assessment of Laclau and Mouffe's Conception of Collective Identity 28 2.4 Melucci: Collective Identity Formation 29 2.4.1 Melucci's View of Collective Identity and Collective Action 30 2.4.2 An Assessment of Melucci's View of Collective Identity Formation 33 2.5 Notions of Collective Identity: A Summary 34 2.6 Conclusion 36 Chapter 3: Research Methodology and Collective Identity 41 3.1 Studies in Collective Identity: A Review of Methodological Approaches 41 3.2 The Three-Pronged Methodological Approach to Studying Collective Identity 43 3.3 Participant Observation 44 3.4 Interviews 46 3.5 Sampling Technique for Interviews 46 3.6 Interview Schedule 49 3.7 Procedure for the Individual Interviews 50 3.8 Procedures for the Group Interviews 51 3.9 Review of Documentation 52 3.10 Analysis 53 3.11 The Three-Pronged Approach in Retrospect 54 Chapter 4: What Is Fathers for Justice? and Who Are the Members? 55 4.1 Fathers For Justice: An Organizational Profile 56 4.2 FFJ Chapters 57 4.3 Male Rank-and-file Membership 62 4.4 Comparing Male Leaders and Male Rank-and-file Members 64 4.5 Comparing Female Rank-and-file Members To Female Leaders 67 4.6 Comparing Male and Female FFJ Members 69 4.7 How the Sample and Population Differ 70 4.8 Summary and Conclusions 71 Chapter 5: An Analysis of an FFJ Collective Identity 81 5.1 Analysis of FFJ Meanings and Practices 82 5.1.1 Access 83 5.1.2 Support Payments 90 5.1.3 Custody 97 5.1.4 Post-Separation/Divorce Fatherhood 99 5.1.5 Children 104 5.2 Summary and Conclusions 106 Chapter 6: Re-thinking Collective Identity Formation 109 6.1 The FFJ Case Study as a Basis for Understanding Collective Identity Formation 110 6.2 Toward a Model of Collective Identity Formation: From Individual Identity to Collective Identity--An Outline 111 6.3 A Goffmanian View of Self: An Application for Conceptualizing Person Identity 111 6.4 Definition of the Situation: Conceptualizations 112 6.5 Situational Identity 118 6.6 Moral Career and Situational Identities 119 6.7 Linking Situational Identity to Factors in Collective Identity 123 6.8 Application of the Collective Identity Model to FFJ Members 131 6.9 Summary And Conclusions 134 Chapter 7: Conclusion 137 7.1 The Canadian Fathers' Rights Literature and FFJ Research 137 7.2 Collective Identity and FFJ 139 7.3 Reconsidering the Use of a Three-Pronged Methodology 140 7.4 The Analysis of FFJ Members 142 7.5 Collective Identity Formation: Connecting Individual to Situational Identity 143 7.6 Conclusions: Suggestions for Further Research 144 7.7 Fathers For Justice From 1993-1995: An Update 146 7.8 An Assessment of FFJ 148 7.9 Collective Identity and Fathers For Justice 150 Bibliography 151 Index 155 Tables 1. Reasons For Attending an FFJ Meeting 73 2. Legal / Parental Status 74 3. FFJ Members' Ethnicity 75 4. FFJ Members' Religions 75 5. Religious Institutional Attendance 76 6. How Often FFJ Members Read the Bible 77 7. How Often FFJ Members Attend Religious Functions 77 8. FFJ Members Serving on Religious Committees 77 9. FFJ Memberships' Belief in God 78 10. Occupations of FFJ Members 78 11. FFJ Members' Completed Educations 79 12. Age of FFJ Members 79
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Group identity -- Canada -- Case studies.
Fathers For Justice (Ontario, Canada).
Divorced parents -- Canada -- Case studies.
Father and child -- Canada -- Case studies.
Visitation rights (Domestic relations) -- Canada -- Case studies.