Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Making Something of Oneself 3. Selves in Interaction: Heretics, Fundamentalists and Improvisers 4. Double Jeopardy and the Moral Regulation of the Self 5. Co-ordination, Co-operation and Bargaining 6. "Rationality" and Partnership 7. Investments, Power and Autonomy 8. A Property-owning Democracy? 9. Social Policy Implications Appendix A: The Research Study Appendix B: Pseudonyms and family structure Index

About the Author

Bill Jordan, Marcus Redley and Simon James