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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459980303321

Titolo

A companion to life course studies : the social and historical context of the British birth cohort studies / / edited by Michael Wadsworth and John Bynner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-134-00577-6

1-283-10201-3

9786613102010

1-134-00578-4

0-203-87858-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 53

Altri autori (Persone)

BynnerJ. M

WadsworthMichael E. J (Michael Edwin John)

Disciplina

304.6/1

Soggetti

Cohort analysis

Social capital (Sociology) - Great Britain

Families - Great Britain

Social change

Electronic books.

Great Britain Economic policy

Great Britain Social policy

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

Introduction / Michael Wadsworth and John Bynner -- Politics, citizenship, and social capital / Lindsay Paterson -- Family structure, family policy, and practice / Lynda Clarke and Ceridwen Roberts -- Education policy and practice / Gary McCulloch -- Economic policy and practice / Hugh Pemberton -- Labour market, employment, and skills / David Ashton and John Bynner -- Health policy and practice / Michael Wadsworth -- Leisure, stability, and change / Ken Roberts -- Changing Britain, changing generations / John Bynner and Michael Wadsworth.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the end of the Second World War, society has been characterised by rapid and extensive political, economic, scientific, and technological



change. Opportunities for education, employment, human relations, and good health, have all been greatly affected by those changes, as have all aspects of life. Consequently, each post-war generation has been like no other before or since.Britain, uniquely, has five large-scale life course studies that began at intervals throughout that period. They have shown how lives are shaped by individual characteristics, their past and current experien