Families and Personal Networks: An International Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

Families and Personal Networks: An International Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

by KarinWall (Editor), EricD.Widmer (Editor), RitaGouveia (Editor), Jacques-AntoineGauthier (Editor), VidaČesnuitytė (Editor)

Synopsis

This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania. Drawing on national surveys of family trajectories and social networks, the contributors highlight personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives.

Providing innovative, comparative findings on families and personal networks through the use of diverse methodologies, this edited collection will be of interest to scholars, students and policymakers across a range of social science disciplines.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 11 Feb 2018

ISBN 10: 1349952621
ISBN 13: 9781349952625

Author Bio

Karin Wall is Research Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Eric D. Widmer is Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Jacques-Antoine Gauthier is Senior Lecturer at the Life Course and Social Inequality Research Centre, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Vida Cesnuityte is Lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.

Rita Gouveia is Post-doctoral Fellow at the NCCR-LIVES, University of Geneva, Switzerland.