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Handbook of the life course. Volume II /
Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book show consensus on strategic ℓ́ℓnext stepsℓ́ℓ in life course studie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Handbooks of sociology and social research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- About the Editors; Introduction: Life Course Studies
- Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions; 1 Growth, Diffusion, Opportunities and Challenges; 2 Organization of Handbook II; 3 Section I: Foundations of Life Course Research; 4 Section II: Changing Social Contexts and Life Course Patterns; 5 Section III: Health and Development Through the Life Course; 6 Section IV: Methods for Life Course Research; 7 Section V: The Life Course and Policy, Building the Nexus; References; Part I: Foundations of Life Course Studies and Future Research.
- Institutionalization of Life Course Studies1 Origins and Development; 1.1 Early Studies; 1.2 Expansion; 1.2.1 British Studies; 1.2.2 Swedish Studies; 1.2.3 Australasian and Canadian Studies; 1.2.4 US Studies; 1.2.5 German Studies; 1.2.6 Household Panel Surveys; 1.2.7 Census- Based Studies; 1.3 Review; 2 Foundations of Growth; 2.1 Technological; 2.2 Methodological; 2.3 Theoretical; 3 Consolidation and Growth; 3.1 New Studies; 3.2 Intergenerational Studies; 3.3 Cross-National Studies and Collaborations; 3.4 New Data; 3.4.1 Biomarker Data; 3.4.2 Geocoded Data.
- 3.4.3 Administrative Data3.4.4 Social and Psychological Data; 3.5 International Standards; 3.6 Review; 4 Institutionalisation; 5 Challenges and Prospects; 5.1 Collaboration; 5.2 Historical Context; 5.3 Research Ethics; 5.4 Attrition; 5.5 Respondent Burden; 5.6 Investment and Impact; 5.7 Distribution; 5.8 Conceptualisation; 6 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Age, Cohorts, and the Life Course; 1 Conceptual Issues and Perspectives; 1.1 Early Contributions; 1.2 The Challenges of Heterogeneity and Context; 1.3 The Emergence and Consequences of Life Course Theory and Research.
- 2 Cohort Differences: A Window to Historical and Social Change2.1 A Note on Theory and Processes; 2.2 Secularization: Cohort Changes in Religious Participation and Authority; 2.2.1 Religious Service Attendance and Beliefs; 2.2.2 Religious Authority; 2.2.3 Non-religious Spirituality; 2.3 Demographic Change Associated with Cohort Size; 2.4 Demographic Change in Family Structure and Dynamics; 2.5 Cohort Differences in Gender Role Attitudes; 2.5.1 Egalitarian Gender Roles; 2.6 Final Thoughts on Inter-cohort Differences.
- 3 Historical Variation Within Cohorts: Life Course and Developmental Effects3.1 Living Through Depression and War; 3.2 Moving Off the Land; 4 The Impact of Life Course Change; 5 Conclusion; References; Opening the Social: Sociological Imagination in Life Course Studies; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Common Phenomena, Divergent Explanations; 1.2 Containing the Social: The Functional-Developmental Nexus and Sociological Explanation; 2 Containing the Social: Three Examples; 2.1 Agency: The "Big Easy" of the Life Course; 2.1.1 Agency and Life Transitions; 2.1.2 Agency and Precariousness.