Family Continuity and Change: Contemporary European by Vida Česnuitytė, Detlev Lück, Eric D. Widmer

By Vida Česnuitytė, Detlev Lück, Eric D. Widmer

This quantity presents readers with fresh sociological ways to family members realizing, theorising and practices in the context of continuities and alter, either throughout generations and through person existence classes. The participants uniquely examine the friction among persisting kin wishes and altering situations, among retaining directly to conventional family members norms and adapting to fast-changing calls for. Authors from 9 international locations enhance and practice cutting edge theoretical and methodological methods for a extra differentiated description of ecu relations lives firstly of the twenty first century, and exhibit that kin sociology has completed major commonalities throughout nationwide borders in Europe, therefore aiding our figuring out of advanced relatives realities.

The ebook may be crucial interpreting for college students and students with an curiosity in kin and intimate lifestyles, relations sociology and coverage, sociology and gender studies.

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