Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

Title:

ISBN:

9781349952632

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Publication Information New:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Physical Description:

XV, 254 p. 13 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life,

Contents:

1. Introduction; Eric D. Widmer, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Karin Wall, Vida Česnuitytė and Rita Gouveia -- 2. Contextualising Personal Networks Across Birth Cohorts and Countries; Vasco Ramos, Vida Česnuitytė, Karin Wall, and Dominique Joye -- 3. A First Portrait of Personal Networks in a Comparative Perspective; Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė -- 4. Changing Meanings of Family in Personal Relationships: a Comparative Perspective; Karin Wall, Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė -- 5. Mapping the Plurality of Personal Configurations; Gaëlle Aeby, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuitytė, and Rita Gouveia -- 6. Understanding Personal Networks as Social Capital; Eric D. Widmer, Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė -- 7. Linking Family Trajectories and Personal Networks; Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Gaëlle Aeby, Vasco Ramos, and Vida Česnuitytė -- 8. Conclusions; Karin Wall, Vida Česnuitytė, Eric D. Widmer, and Jacques-Antoine Gauthier. .

Abstract:

This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania. Drawing on national surveys of family trajectories and social networks, the contributors highlight personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives. Providing innovative, comparative findings on families and personal networks through the use of diverse methodologies, this edited collection will be of interest to scholars, students and policymakers across a range of social science disciplines. .

Subject Term:

Sociology.

Social groups.

Family policy.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

Children, Youth and Family Policy.

Added Author:

Wall, Karin.

Widmer, Eric D.

Gauthier, Jacques-Antoine.

Česnuitytė, Vida.

Gouveia, Rita.