Jamieson / Simpson Living Alone

Globalization, Identity and Belonging
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-31852-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability.

Author Lynn Jamieson: Lynn Jamieson is Professor of Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and is a founding director of the interdisciplinary consortium, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Her publications include a second edition of Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jamieson, Lynn

Jamieson, L.

Simpson, Roona

Simpson, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;8
3;List of Tables;12
4;Series Editors’ Preface;14
5;Acknowledgements;16
6;1 Introduction;17
6.1;Three sets of reasons for studying and knowing more about people living alone;17
6.2;Definitions: A one-person household, dwelling and conducting domestic life alone;20
6.3;Scope and sources of evidence;23
6.4;Theoretical debate;28
7;Part I: Living Alone, Life Course and Life Transitions;39
7.1;Living alone and restructuring of the life course;39
7.2;Globalization as exogenous change, individualization and internal agency;43
7.3;2 Geographies and Biographies of Living Alone;48
7.3.1;Solo-living and global social change;48
7.3.2;Gendered biographies of living alone;61
7.3.3;Concluding remarks;69
7.4;3 Solo-living with and without Partnering and Parenting;72
7.4.1;Introduction;72
7.4.2;Solo-living childless ‘Singles’;73
7.4.3;Relationships without co-residence: Keeping intimacy at a distance?;85
7.4.4;Solo-living parents;94
7.4.5;Concluding remarks;99
8;Part II: Home, Consumption and Identity;103
8.1;Introduction;103
8.2;Identity and the meaning of home;103
8.3;Consumer culture: Homes and stuff;106
8.4;4 The Meaning of Home Alone;109
8.4.1;Home alone and pleasing yourself;110
8.4.2;Home for the self and home for others;112
8.4.3;Less hospitable homes;117
8.4.4;My touch, love and the presence and absence of self and others in the meaning of home;122
8.4.5;Concluding remarks;133
8.5;5 Living Alone, Consuming Alone?;136
8.5.1;Meals alone, in company and as social events;139
8.5.2;Holidays and travel;145
8.5.3;Christmas as the ‘family holiday’;150
8.5.4;Concluding remarks;155
9;Part III: Networks, Community and Place;158
9.1;Introduction;158
9.2;Social capital;160
9.3;Capturing social connectedness;161
9.4;The move to ‘chosen’ relationships?;163
9.5;Place and ‘community’;164
9.6;6 Solo-living and Connectedness;170
9.6.1;Living alone and well-being in later life;170
9.6.2;Living alone and social networks at working age;177
9.6.3;Experiences of social connection: Men and women living alone at working age;179
9.6.4;Concluding remarks;195
9.7;7 Place, Mobility and Migration;198
9.7.1;Living alone and residential histories;198
9.7.2;Living alone and embeddedness in place;202
9.7.3;Employment mobility, social class and ‘elective belonging’;206
9.7.4;Concluding remarks;221
9.8;8 The Future of Living Alone;224
9.8.1;Future trends;224
9.8.2;Diversity in population characteristics and outcomes;225
9.8.3;Globalization, individualization and resilience of patriarchy;227
9.8.4;Everyday lives effecting social change;229
9.8.5;Identity, individualism, consumption and ‘plenitude’;231
9.8.6;Disembedding and networked individualism;233
9.8.7;From living alone to living-alone-together?;235
10;Appendix 1: The Rural and Urban Solo Living: Social Integration, Quality of Life and Future Orientations Study;240
10.1;Sampling strategy;240
10.2;Data collection;241
10.3;Sample characteristics;242
11;Appendix 2: Characteristics and Circumstances of Working-Age Men and Women Living Alone in Scotland;260
11.1;Section 1: Housing;260
11.2;Section 2: Socio-economic and demographic characteristics;262
11.3;Section 3: Type of locality, transport, Internet access;267
12;Notes;273
13;Bibliography;280
14;Index;307