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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826639803321

Titolo

The social meaning of children and fertility change in Europe / / edited by Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, An-Magritt Jensen and Merete Lie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09213-3

0-203-07063-1

1-299-28044-7

1-135-09214-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

EllingsaeterAnne Lise

JensenAn-Magritt

LieMerete

Disciplina

305.23094

Soggetti

Children - Europe

Fertility, Human - Europe

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

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; 1 The social meaning of children and fertility change; 2 The politics of parenting: the meaning of children, the meaning of work; 3 Economic risk, fertility and the welfare state: understanding individual rationales; 4 Flexible work: implications for the social meaning of children; 5 Patterns of partnership and parenthood: experiences, approaches and readiness towards commitment and creating a family

6 The cultural ideal of the joint decision: illuminating values of individuality and relationality of the child choice7 The non-modern child? Ambivalence about parenthood among young adults; 8 Rising fertility, fewer fathers: crossroads of networks, gender and class; 9 Changing fertility behaviour across two generations: the role of gender and class; 10 From mothers to daughters: intergenerational transmission of fertility norms; 11 The social meaning of children embedded in institutions and personal relations; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a 'fertility crisis'. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. It investigates what role children play in how young adults plan their lives, and why and how young adults make the choices they do. The book aims to expand our comprehension of the complex structures and cultures that influence reproductive choice, and explores three key aspects of fertility choices:the processes towards having (or not having) children, and how