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Families in Converging Europe

A Comparison of Forms, Structures and Ideals

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction: Families in Converging Europe

  3. The Changing European Family

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Explaining Family Changes

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 29-57
  4. Towards the Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. The Making of Modern Finland and Spain

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 76-86
  5. Family in Finland and Spain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. On Family Ideology

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 89-116
    3. Family Values and Attitudes

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 117-125
    4. On Family Practices

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 126-151
    5. Family in Finland and Spain: The Focal Findings

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 152-160
  6. Family in Converging Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. The European Family — Made in the OECD?

      • Eriikka Oinonen
      Pages 174-185
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 186-212

About this book

This book examines common familial trends and differences throughout Europe from the 1960s onwards and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence. Eriikka Oinonen reveals how structural factors such as the labour market, the welfare state and the EU affect Europeans' family related choices.

Reviews

'The book is a very helpful tool in the complex process of overcoming stereotypes and should be read by anyone interested in the relationship between territorial differences, family models and social change.' - Elisabetta Ruspini, INTAMS review - Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland

    Eriikka Oinonen

About the author

ERIIKKA OINONEN is Finnish Academy Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland. She has worked extensively on issues related to cross-national comparison, family and social change.

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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