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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.242/094
• Soggetto topico: Young adults - Europe - Attitudes; Work and family - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Social conditions 21st century
• Altri autori: BrannenJulia
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Young Europeans, work and family
• ISBN: 1-134-53700-X; 0-585-45225-3; 1-280-31636-5; 1-134-53701-8; 0-203-47185-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170972303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; ; 6.