Family Continuity and Change: Contemporary European Perspectives

Introduction; Vida Česnuityte, Eric D. Widmer, Detlev L?ck.- PART I EXPLANATION OF FAMILY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.- 1 Approaches to the study of family life: Practices, context and narrative; Julia Brannen.- 2. Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions; Eric D. Widmer, Olga Ganjour.- 3 Cultural conceptions of family as inhibitors of change in family lives: The 'leitbild' approach; Detlev L?ck, Sabine Diabat?, Kerstin Ruckdeschel.- 4 The importance of the family as an institution: Findings from an Italian survey; Sara Mazzucchelli, Giovanna Rossi, Maria Letizia Bosoni.- PART II FAMILY ACROSS INDIVIDUAL LIFE COURSE.- 5 Influence of personal networks on decision-making in family

formation nowadays: Has it changed?; Vida Česnuityte.- 6 Relational networks of young couples and marriage choice paths in Italy: Data on membership and influence;Matteo Moscatelli, Donatella Bramanti.- 7 Rebuilding family? Continuity and change in family membership and relationship closeness in post-separation situations

Anna-Maija Castr?n.- 8 Co-residence as a mechanism of relational proximity: The impact

of household trajectories on the diversification of personal networks;Vasco Ramos, Rita Gouveia, Karin Wall.- 9 The impact of co-residence trajectories on personal networks

in the transition to adulthood: A comparative perspective; Ga?lle Aeby, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Rita Gouveia, Vasco Ramos, Karin Wall, Vida Česnuityte.- PART III FAMILY PRACTICES.- 10 Why parents take unpaid parental leave: Evidence from Spain; Gerardo Meil, Pedro Romero-Balsas, Jes?s Rogero-Garc?a.- 11 The creativity of mothering: Intensity, anxiety and normative accountability; Lisa Smyth.- 12 Farm fathers and their fathers: Flexible work and cultural change; Berit Brandth.- CONCLUSIONS: CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES IN EUROPEAN FAMILY LIVES; Detlev L?ck, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuityte

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137590270
• ISBN13: 9781137590275
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.7"