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Families in transition : social change, family formation and kin relationships /

This book addresses the complexity of family change. It draws on evidence from two linked studies, one carried out in the 1960s and the other in the early years of the 21st century, to analyse the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how they have been affected by the major structura...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Charles, Nickie
Other Authors: Davies, Charlotte Aull, Harris, C. C. (Christopher Charles), Rosser, Colin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Understanding families and socil change
  • 2. Changing societies
  • 3. Changing families
  • 4. Families and cultural identity
  • 5. Families in and out of work
  • 6. Caring families
  • 7. Dispersed kin
  • 8. Families, friends and communities
  • 9. What is the future for the family?
  • Appendices: 1. Methodological problems in comparisons of class over time
  • 2. Swansea boundary changes.