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- Conceptualizes the phenomenon of a new generation staying in the city after starting a family
- Offers a holistic approach to simultaneously understanding changes within parenting practices (equal parenting, fathering practices) and changes connected to city development (the renaissance of the inner city, gentrification)
- Draws on interviews with residents, politicians, urban planners, small shop owners, day care and social workers.Written in an accessible style and has a clear, readable format that can be equally used by academics, students and practitioners alike
- Designed to help students understand the reciprocity of space – how changes in space reverberate in society and vice versa
Part of the book series: The Contemporary City (TCONTCI)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Urban studies
- social policy
- family studies
- Middle-class parents
- YUPPS
- equal parenting
- fathering practices
- gentrification
- work and family
- Nordic cities
- Parenting Practices in the City
- neighbourhoods
- Helsinki
- the urban parent
- hipster parents
- Scandi dads
- latte parents
- housing policies
- social welfare systems
- urban geography and urbanism
Reviews
“Lilius offers important insights that will greatly enhance understanding of the role of parents in the gentrification of the central city. This is a timely and important topic with crucial policy implications, and Lilius’ comprehensive and engaging book is a must-read for those interested in the contemporary city and its transformations.” (Japonica Brown-Saracino, Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Johanna Lilius
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood
Authors: Johanna Lilius
Series Title: The Contemporary City
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9010-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9009-7Published: 24 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4298-1Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-9010-3Published: 12 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-5463
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5471
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 171
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Geography, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Urbanism