Overview
- Uniquely highlights personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives
- Provides a comparative and critical approach, looking at three different European countries
- Evaluates and challenges the current theoretical assumptions concerning family change in Europe
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (PSFL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Karin Wall is Research Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Eric D. Widmer is Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Jacques–Antoine Gauthier is Senior Lecturer at the Life Course and Social Inequality Research Centre, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vida Česnuitytė is Lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.Rita Gouveia is Post–doctoral Fellow at the NCCR–LIVES, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Families and Personal Networks
Book Subtitle: An International Comparative Perspective
Editors: Karin Wall, Eric D. Widmer, Jacques–Antoine Gauthier, Vida Česnuitytė, Rita Gouveia
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95263-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95262-5Published: 08 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95778-1Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95263-2Published: 30 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-6440
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 254
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Family, Children, Youth and Family Policy