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Families in transition : social change, family formation, and kin relationships / / Nickie Charles, Charlotte Aull Davies, and Chris Harris [[electronic resource]]
| Families in transition : social change, family formation, and kin relationships / / Nickie Charles, Charlotte Aull Davies, and Chris Harris [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Charles Nickie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 306.850941 |
| Soggetto topico |
Families - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Social change - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-4473-0230-3
1-281-97545-1 9786611975456 1-84742-360-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 identity
Increased 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 families Caring 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782734803321 |
Charles Nickie
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| Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Families in transition : social change, family formation and kin relationships / / Nickie Charles, Charlotte Aull Davies and Chris Harris
| Families in transition : social change, family formation and kin relationships / / Nickie Charles, Charlotte Aull Davies and Chris Harris |
| Autore | Charles Nickie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Policy, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 306.850941 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DaviesCharlotte Aull
HarrisC. C (Christopher Charles) |
| Soggetto topico |
Families - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Social change - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
9786611975456
9781447302308 1447302303 9781281975454 1281975451 9781847423603 1847423604 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 identity
Increased 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 families Caring 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910968725503321 |
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Charles Nickie
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| Bristol, : Policy, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others]
| Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.372 |
| Collana | Gender Studies in Wales |
| Soggetto topico |
Social justice - Wales
Women - Government policy - Wales Women's rights - Wales |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-20077-X
0-7083-2269-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tables and Figures; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Setting the Scene: Devolution, Gender Politics and Social Justice; Delivery or Déjà Vu? Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policy in Post-devolution Wales; Gender and Political Representation: Views from the Grass Roots; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Agenda for Wales?; Developing a Domestic Abuse Strategy; Mainstreaming Across the Equality Dimensions:Policy on Sexual Orientation in Wales; Making the World New? Education in Post-devolution Wales; Gendered Housing Policy: Women, Housing and Homelessness
The Material Resources of Older Women in Wales and Welsh Assembly Government Policy Responses Devolution and Welsh Language Policy: A Gender Dimension?; The Future; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458886603321 |
| Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others]
| Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.372 |
| Collana | Gender Studies in Wales |
| Soggetto topico |
Social justice - Wales
Women - Government policy - Wales Women's rights - Wales |
| ISBN |
1-299-20077-X
0-7083-2269-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tables and Figures; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Setting the Scene: Devolution, Gender Politics and Social Justice; Delivery or Déjà Vu? Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policy in Post-devolution Wales; Gender and Political Representation: Views from the Grass Roots; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Agenda for Wales?; Developing a Domestic Abuse Strategy; Mainstreaming Across the Equality Dimensions:Policy on Sexual Orientation in Wales; Making the World New? Education in Post-devolution Wales; Gendered Housing Policy: Women, Housing and Homelessness
The Material Resources of Older Women in Wales and Welsh Assembly Government Policy Responses Devolution and Welsh Language Policy: A Gender Dimension?; The Future; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785494703321 |
| Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others]
| Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.372 |
| Collana | Gender Studies in Wales |
| Soggetto topico |
Social justice - Wales
Women - Government policy - Wales Women's rights - Wales |
| ISBN |
1-299-20077-X
0-7083-2269-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tables and Figures; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Setting the Scene: Devolution, Gender Politics and Social Justice; Delivery or Déjà Vu? Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policy in Post-devolution Wales; Gender and Political Representation: Views from the Grass Roots; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Agenda for Wales?; Developing a Domestic Abuse Strategy; Mainstreaming Across the Equality Dimensions:Policy on Sexual Orientation in Wales; Making the World New? Education in Post-devolution Wales; Gendered Housing Policy: Women, Housing and Homelessness
The Material Resources of Older Women in Wales and Welsh Assembly Government Policy Responses Devolution and Welsh Language Policy: A Gender Dimension?; The Future; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807946303321 |
| Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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