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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170972303321

Titolo

Young Europeans, work and family : futures in transition / / edited by Julia Brannen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-53700-X

0-585-45225-3

1-280-31636-5

1-134-53701-8

0-203-47185-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

BrannenJulia

Disciplina

305.242/094

Soggetti

Young adults - Europe - Attitudes

Work and family - Europe

Europe Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Qualitative methodology in cross-national research; Theorising the individual  structure dynamic; Young people's perspectives on the future; Into work: job insecurity and changing psychological contracts; Young people's awareness of gendered realities; Imagining parenthood and employment: connected or disconnected worlds?; Into parenthood: young people's sense of entitlement to support for the reconciliation of employment and family life; 'Most choices involve money': different pathways to adulthood

Appendix I: TablesAppendix II: Focus-group guidelines; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on qualitative research carried out with young people aged from 18 to 30 in five European countries, Young Europeans, Work and Family examines young people's pathways to adulthood, and their perspectives on their future work and family lives. This enlightening book investigates young people from a range of social classes and at various phases in their life: in training, in higher education, in insecure



work and in steady jobs, including high- and low-status employment. The study was carried out by a cross-disciplinary team of researchers from Ireland, Norway, Portugal,