The Public Life of Friendship

Work, Neighbourhood and Civil Society
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-03160-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

This book is about friendships in public settings today. Wilkinson examines friendships in the public settings of neighbourhoods, civil society and at work. Identifying the unique relevance which public friendships have to contemporary social problems, the chapters cover a range of topics, including work-life balance, women’s ‘double burden’ and their leisure deficit, and contemporary neighbouring initiatives. Wilkinson shows how ‘friendship time’ at work provides solutions to new social problems including privacy: with the modern workplace being hyper-public and emphasizing visibility, monitoring and 24/7 availability, friendship’s combination of voluntarism and trust enable a private refuge even in an open-plan office. The book also explores the way in which friendships in public settings like work and neighbourhood provide community to those in society who are more likely to be excluded from private familial intimacy.

The Public Life of Friendship will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of social science disciplines with an interest in friendship and the sociology of personal life.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilkinson, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Public Life of Friendship.- 2. Eclipsing a Grand Dichotomy: Placing Friendship in Public.- 3. Work Friends: ‘Real Life’ Relationships.- 4. Beyond the Private Sphere: Focussing on Women’s Friendships.- 5. The Secret Lives of Friends.- 6. Friendship and Reserve in Neighborhood Commerce.- 7. The Vanishing: Looking for Friendships in Traditional Neighboring.- 8. Simmel Moves to a Different Neighborhood.-9. Neighbors and Citizens.- 10. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Wilkinson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia.