Social Relations and the Life Course

Age Generation and Social Change
2003. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-98497-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Explorations in Sociology.

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allan, G.

Jones, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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