E. Oinonen

Broschiertes Buch

Families in Converging Europe

A Comparison of Forms, Structures and Ideals

Beschreibung

This book examines common familial trends and differences throughout Europe from the 1960s onwards and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence. Eriikka Oinonen reveals how structural factors such as the labour market, the welfare state and the EU affect Europeans' family related choices.

Autor

ERIIKKA OINONEN is Finnish Academy Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland. She has worked extensively on issues related to cross-national comparison, family and social change.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-35804-5
• 1st ed. 2008
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9781349358045
• ISBN-10: 1349358045
• Artikelnr.: 45005553

Rezensionen

'The book is a very helpful tool in the complex process of overcoming stereotypes and should be read by anyone interested in the relationship between territorial differences, family models and social change.' - Elisabetta Ruspini, INTAMS review - Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality