The Palgrave handbook of family sociology in Europe / / Anna-Maija Castren [and seven others], editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (660 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.85094
• Soggetto topico: Família; Sociologia; Política familiar; Families - Europe; Family services - Evaluation
• Soggetto geografico: Europa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): CastrénAnna-Maija
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Trends in Researching Families and Intimate Lives in Europe -- Welfare State and Family Policy Regimes in Europe -- Families as Relationships -- Parental Arrangements, Parenting, and Child Well-Being -- Family Lives in Mass Migration Context -- Family and the Life Course Trajectories -- References -- Part I Researching Families and Intimate Lives in Europe: Theoretical and Methodological Trends -- 2 The Family of Individuals: An Overview of the Sociology of the Family in Europe, 130 Years After Durkheim's First University Course -- Introduction -- Proposal 1: A Balance Where the I Outweighs the Family We -- Proposal 2: The is' Need for Recognition, or "The Triumph of Love"3 -- Proposal 3: Gendered Inequalities Between Is -- Proposal 4: The Resistance of We -- Proposal 5: Looking for a New Balance Between I and We -- Conclusion: The Sociology of the Family is Not a "Zombie" -- References -- 3 Gender, Social Class, and Family Relations in Different Life Stages in Europe -- Introduction -- Youth, Gender, Structural Living Conditions and Family -- Rush Hour of Life: Between Work and Family -- Late Phase of Working Life: Women Taking Care of the Family -- Gender Inequalities, Income Determinants, and Social Classes -- Final Remarks -- References -- 4 What Law Has Joined: Family Relations and Categories of Kinship in the European Court of Human Rights -- Introduction -- Family Law and Human Rights in Europe -- Alliance, Consanguinity, and Filiation -- Alliance: Cohabitation, Marriage, and Civil Unions -- Consanguinity: Maternity by Birth and Paternity by Marriage or Recognition -- Filiation: Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, and Surrogate Pregnancies -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Family Demography and Values in Europe: Continuity and Change. ; Introduction -- Terminology, Conceptions, Causal Mechanisms, and Operationalisations -- Continuities -- Change in the Era of Modernisation -- The Demographic Transition -- The Value of Children Approach -- Modernisation and the Establishment of the Nuclear Family -- Continuity and Change in the Era of Late Modernity -- The Second Demographic Transition -- Changing Gender Roles, Declining Birth Rates and Pluralisation of Family Lives in Sociological Perspectives -- Dehierarchisation of Family Relations and Increasing Requirements for Parenting -- Life Courses and Family Careers -- Cross-Cultural Differences -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Configurational Approach to Families: Methodological Suggestions -- Family Weness -- Looking for Patterns of Interdependency -- Going Deeper into Interdependencies -- The Nuclear Family as a Leitbild -- Away from Social Expectations -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Visual Family Research Methods -- Introduction -- Going Beyond the Contraposition of Language and Vision -- Linking the Visual with Sociological Thinking -- The Value of Visual Methods for Family Research -- Using Drawings in Family Research -- Family Photography and Filming -- Family Mapping -- Methodologically Complex Visual Family Research -- A Critical Glance at Using Visual Methods in Family Research -- References -- Part II Welfare State and Family Policy Regimes in Europe -- 8 Family Transformations and Sub-replacement Fertility in Europe -- Introduction -- Patterns of Low and Very Low Fertility -- Low Fertility and Family Transformations -- Demographic Markers of Changes -- Changing Ways of 'Doing Family' -- The Drivers of Fertility and Family Changes in Europe -- Policy Responses to Low Fertility and Changes in Families -- Towards Better Understanding of Family Transformations and Evidence-Based Policies: Research Challenges and Data Needs. ; References -- 9 Reexamining Degenderisation: Changes in Family Policies in Europe -- Introduction -- The Background -- Too Ambiguous and Not the Right Goals -- Policies or Regimes? -- Genderisation and Degenderisation -- Operationalising Genderisation Typologies of Family Policy -- Genderising Parental Leave -- Genderizing Daycare Policies -- Criticisms of the Degenderisation -- Changes in Parental Leave -- Changes in Daycare -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Familialisation of Care in European Societies: Between Family and the State -- Introduction -- Welfare State and Care Arrangements -- Methodology -- Childcare Policies in European Welfare States -- Care Leaves for Parents -- Care Institutions for Children -- Cash Benefits -- (De)Familialisation of Childcare -- Care for the Elderly in European Welfare States -- Formal Care Services -- Care Leaves -- Cash Benefits -- (De)Familialisation of Care for the Elderly -- Discussion -- References -- 11 Who Benefits from Parental Leave Policies? A Comparison Between Nordic and Southern European Countries -- Introduction -- Nordic Countries -- Similar Basis? -- Differences Between the Nordics? -- Challenges, for Whom Is Work-Life Balance Facilitated? -- Southern European Countries -- Similarities and Some Differences -- Parental Leave in the Southern European Country Cluster -- Open Challenges: Who Takes Up, Who Benefits and Who Doesn't -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Family, Poverty, and Social Policy Interventions -- Introduction -- Poverty Is Harmful for Family and Children -- Four Types of Social Policy Instruments and Family Poverty -- The Impact of Social Policy Instruments on Family Poverty -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Families as Relationships -- 13 Redefining the Boundaries of Family and Personal Relationships -- Introduction -- From Institutional to Individual Perspective. ; Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks for (Re)Defining Relational Boundaries: Families, Intimacy and Personal Life -- Recent Research Settings Generating Redefinitions of Boundaries -- Conclusion: Critique and Reflections on European Trends -- References -- 14 Money in Couples: The Organisation of Finances and the Symbolic Use of Money -- Introduction -- The Establishment of a Research Field-Money in Couples -- Central Concepts and Theoretical Perspectives in Research on Money in Couples -- Management, Control and Power -- Power and the Social Meaning of Money -- A Typology of Money Management -- Reflecting on the State of Research on Money in Couples -- Symbolic Meanings and Uses of Money in Couples -- Money in Everyday Life as an Arena for the Construction of Couplehood -- Expressing Togetherness -- The Meanings of Merging Money -- Symbolic Consumption to Build Couple Relationships-A Few Examples -- The Symbolic Importance of the Source of Money -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 15 Sibling Relationships: Being Connected and Related -- Introduction -- Social Studies of Family Relations -- The Relevance of Children's Perspectives -- Sibling Studies in the Field of Social Science -- Replacing a Normative Terminology -- Exploring Everyday Practicalities -- Everyday Practicalities and Routines -- Commuting Between Sibling Groups and Family Regimes -- Materiality Matters -- Emotional Complexities -- Conclusion: Siblingship as Practical and Sensitive Relations -- References -- 16 "It's a Balance on a Knife-Edge": Expectations of Parents and Adult Children -- Introduction -- Intergenerational Relationships Today -- The Institutional Context for Intergenerational Relationships in Denmark -- Data and Methods -- Symmetries and Asymmetries in Parents' and Adult Children's Mutual Expectations. ; Distancing Oneself from Under-Involved and Over-Involved Parents -- The Goldilocks Principle of Parenting: Neither Too Hot nor Too Cold -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Parental Arrangements, Parenting and Child Well-Being -- 17 Non-Parental Childcare in France, Norway, and Spain -- Introduction -- Non-Parental Childcare and the French, Norwegian, and Spanish Labour Markets -- Research Hypotheses -- Data and Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 18 Sharing the Caring Responsibility Between the Private and the Public: Childcare, Parental Choice, and Inequality -- Introduction: Childcare Matters -- Unequal Take-Up -- A Matter of Choice? -- Structural Barriers -- Sharing the Caring Responsibilities -- Discussion -- References -- 19 Shared Parenting After Separation and Divorce in Europe in the Context of the Second Demographic Transition -- Introduction -- The Significance of Shared Parenting After Divorce in the Context of the Second Demographic Transition -- National Experiences of JPC in a Selection of European Countries -- Patterns of JPC in Relation to Gender Equality in a European Comparative Perspective -- Outcomes for Children -- Conclusion -- References -- 20 Subjective Well-Being of Children in the Context of Family Change in Estonia, Poland, and Romania -- Introduction -- Family Change-The Context of Children's Subjective Well-Being -- Children Assess Their Well-Being and Family Life -- Children's Overall Life Satisfaction -- Material Well-Being and Overall Life Satisfaction -- Relational Well-Being and Overall Life Satisfaction -- Reflections and Conclusions -- References -- 21 Assessment of Parental Potential: Socio-Economic Risk Factors and Children's Well-Being -- Introduction -- Assessments of Parental Potential -- The Vetting of Adopters, Foster Carers, and Donor Gamete Recipients. ; Poverty and Parenthood.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Palgrave handbook of family sociology in Europe
• ISBN: 3-030-73306-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488698503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II