Living Alone

Globalization, Identity and Belonging

Lynn Jamieson, Roona Simpson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

305 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-27192-0 (ISBN)

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Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability.

Author Lynn Jamieson: Lynn Jamieson is Professor of Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and is a founding director of the interdisciplinary consortium, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Her publications include a second edition of Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies.

1. Introduction PART I: LIVING ALONE, LIFE COURSE AND LIFE TRANSITIONS 2. Geographies and Biographies of Living Alone 3. Solo-Living with and without Partnering and Parenting PART II:HOME, CONSUMPTION AND IDENTITY 4. The Meaning of Home Alone 5. Living Alone, Consuming Alone? PART III: NETWORKS, COMMUNITY AND PLACE 6. Solo-Living and Connectedness 7. Place, Mobility And Migration 8. The Future of Living Alone

Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Zusatzinfo	XV, 305 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-27192-8 / 0230271928
ISBN-13	978-0-230-27192-0 / 9780230271920
Zustand	Neuware