Abstract
The study on which this paper was based explored parent/ professional relationships where disabled children were involved, and the underlying cultures which influence them. The paper seeks in part to relocate debate about parent/professional relations away from a mere instrumental view to the wider context of advancing understanding of social capital. Interestingly the study highlights some examples of relations consistent with a poststructuralist framework of power which unfolded within broadly patriarchal and capitalist structures more relevant to feminist critiques of human caring and ‘caring’ systems. Overall it shows the unequal structure of power arrangements in parent/professional relations, and indicates the possible benefits for caring and support systems of an approach which is less technically driven and hierarchical and more ‘horizontal’, personal and reciprocally based.
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