03817oam 22005774a 450 991045429300332120211028114835.01-4473-0230-31-281-97545-197866119754561-84742-360-4(CKB)1000000000707687(EBL)419251(OCoLC)317426191(SSID)ssj0000153235(PQKBManifestationID)11160248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153235(PQKBWorkID)10393029(PQKB)10884668(UtOrBLW)PPO00205(MiAaPQ)EBC419251(OCoLC)1109311031(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80190(EXLCZ)99100000000070768720200402d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFamilies in transitionSocial change, family formation and kin relationships /Charles, Nickie ; Davies, Charlotte (authors)Bristol Policy Press20081 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86134-789-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index.FAMILIES IN TRANSITION; Contents; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Understanding families and social change; Understanding social change; Empirical research; An alternative approach; The family and social change revisited; 2. Changing societies; Structural and cultural change in the UK; Structural and cultural change in Swansea; The baseline study; The restudy; A note on class; 3. Changing families; The family in decline?; Continuity in the face of change; Mothers and daughters; Class differences in patterns of contact; Cultural identityIncreased occupational differentiation within kinship groups Discussion; 4. Families and cultural identity; Place and cultural identity; Cultural identities in Swansea, 1960 and 2002; Cultural identities and family relations; Families and the reproduction of cultural identity; Cultural differentiation; 5. Families in and out of work; Unemployment, social exclusion and gender divisions of labour; Types of support; Contact and support; Being there; Financial and practical support; Employment or labour; Emotional support; Support with strings; Unemployment; Discussion; 6. Caring familiesCaring for children Relationship breakdown; Caring for parents; Ill-health and bereavement; The gendering of care; Class, kinship networks and care; Discussion; 7. Dispersed kin; Geographical mobility; Support at a distance; Caring at a distance; The significance of class; Independence and individualism; Family occasions; Transnational kinship networks; The significance of place; Discussion; 8. Families, friends and communities; Household composition, 1960 and 2002; Family and family-like relationships; Communities and social change; Discussion; 9. What is the future for the family?The policy context The findings of the restudy; Implications for theory; What is the future for the family?; Appendix 1. Methodological problems in comparisons of class over time; Appendix 2. Swansea boundary changes; Bibliography; IndexThis book analyses the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how they have been affected by the major structural and cultural changes of the second half of the twentieth century.Electronic books. 306.850941Charles Nickieaut474256Davies CharlotteautMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910454293003321Families in transition2565112UNINA