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Social research matters : a life in family sociology /
Drawing from forty years of experience, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research in family studies is conducted and 'matters' at particular times. An exceptional resource for family scholars and those interested in the methodology of social research.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol ; Chicago, IL :
Bristol University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Sociology of children and families series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Half-title; Series; Social Research Matters: A life family sociology; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Beginnings and Biography; 2 The Research Environment; Research teams and practices; Mentors; Constraints and opportunities; 3 Mothers and the Labour Market; Mothers returning to work: the Daycare study; Work-family issues and the changing world of work; A case study of workplace change and family life; Gender, parenthood and the changing European workplace; Conclusion; 4 Inside the Household; Resources in households; Resources in low-income households
- Families and food in hard timesSandra and Kasey; Aya and Amara; Conclusion; 5 A Generational Lens on Families and Fathers; Families through a generational lens; Studying multi-generation families; Transmission and father-son relations; A recurring generational narrative of closeness: Kacper and Waldemar; Echoes and emotions across the generations: Donald and Hugh; Conclusion; 6 Children and Young People in Families; The rise of childhood studies; Participatory approaches; Children's concepts of care: children as research participants
- Children's perspectives on their fathers: children as a differentiated social groupChildren and food poverty: a contextualist comparative approach; The national level; The household level; The meso level: school policies and practices; Conclusion; 7 Families through the Lens of Food; Conceptualising food; Food as a means to examine family dynamics and power; Food, family memories and intergenerational transmission; Food as a methodological entry point into family life; Small stories: context and drama; Conclusion; 8 Life Stories: Biographical and Narrative Analysis; What is narrative?
- The conditions for narrative in an interviewMaking sense of narratives; The biographic-narrative interpretive method; The life histories and life stories of a grandfather and son; Connor's and Murray's life histories; Connor's life story; Murray's life story; Rejecting the narrative mode; Conclusion; 9 In Conclusion; Contexts for the construction of knowledge; Methodological development; Conceptualisation; Future directions; Appendix; Notes; References; Index