Social Relations and the Life Course (eBook, PDF)

Age Generation and Social Change
Redaktion: Allan, G.; Jones, G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays represents some of the most important recent research into changing patterns of family, household and community life. It brings together some of the leading sociologists in the field to explore how these informal social relationships change over time and the life course. It will be essential reading on courses concerned with the family and youth sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 233
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230598232
• Artikelnr.: 45965921

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL ANDERSON Professor of Economic History, University of Edinburgh SARA ARBER Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey FRANK BECHHOFER Professor and University Fellow, Research Centre for Social Sciences NADIA JOANNE BRITTON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sheffield RUTH BUTLER Lecturer in Applied Social Research, University of Hull SARAH CHEESBROUGH PhD Graduate, University of Southampton FIONA DEVINE Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester JEAN DUNCOMBE Senior Lecturer, School of Social Studies, University College, Chichester EILEEN FARHURST Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University VAL GILES Research Fellow in Social Sciences, South Bank University PETER HALFPENNY Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Manchester SHEILA HENDERSON Visiting Fellow at the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University JANET HOLLAND Professor of Social Research and Director of the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University LYNN JAMIESON Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) and Reader in Sociology, University of Edinburgh LIZ KENYON Senior Research Officer, National Foundation for Educational Research YAOJIN LI Research Fellow, Centre for Census and Survey Research, Manchester University CATHERINE MACLEAN Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh DENNIS MARSDENVisiting Professor in the School of Social Studies, University College, Chichester DAVID MCCRONE Co-Director of the Governance of Scotland Forum and Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh SHEENA MCGRELLIS Senior Research Fellow in the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University (based at the University of Ulster) SARA MCNAMEE ROSEMARY MELLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester until her death in 2001 DAVID MORGAN Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester JANE RIBBENS MCCARTHY Lecturer in Qualitative Research, Open University SUE SHARPE Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London TRACEY SKELTON Lecturer in Human Geography, Loughborough University ROBERT STEWART Consultant with MVA, Edinburgh RACHAEL THOMSON Senior Research Fellow in the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University GILL VALENTINE Professor of Geography, University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; G.Allan & G.Jones Gender and Generation: Changing Pension Inequalities Over Time; S.Arber PART ONE: CHILDREN AND PARENTS Past/Present/Future: Time and the Meaning of Change in the Family; V.Giles, J.Holland & J.Ribbens McCarthy 'The Never-Ending Story': Children's Gaze and the Unresolved Narrative of Their Parents' Divorce; J.Duncombe & D.Marsden Researching Childhood: Time, Memory and Method; R.Thomson, J.Holland, S.Henderson, S.McGrellis & S.Sharpe PART TWO: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD FORMATION Young Motherhood: Family Transmission or Family Transitions?; S.Cheesbrough Young Adults' Household Formation: Individualisation, Identity and Home; L.Kenyon Negotiating Difference: Lesbian and Gay Transitions to Adulthood; G.Valentine; S.McNamee, T.Skelton & R.Butler Single, Twenty-Something and Seeking?; L.Jamieson; R.Stewart, Y.Li M.Anderson, F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone PART THREE: REFORMULATIONS Making it Their Home: In-migration, Time, Social Change and Belonging in a Rural Community; C.Maclean Family and Community Ties in Space and Time; F.Devine, N.Joanne Britton, P.Halfpenny & R.Mellor 'If you had a whole year of weekends it would be a very long day': Situating and Assessing Time in the Context of Paid and Unpaid Work; E.Fairhurst How Brief an Encounter? Time and Relationships, Pure or Otherwise; D.H.J.Morgan

Rezensionen

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