Families in Converging Europe

A Comparison of Forms, Structures and Ideals

E. Oinonen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2008 | 1st ed. 2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
9781349358045 (ISBN)

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This book examines common familial trends and differences throughout Europe from the 1960s onwards and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence. Eriikka Oinonen reveals how structural factors such as the labour market, the welfare state and the EU affect Europeans' family related choices.

ERIIKKA OINONEN is Finnish Academy Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland. She has worked extensively on issues related to cross-national comparison, family and social change.

Introduction PART 1:THE CHANGING EUROPEAN FAMILY Family Patterns - Convergence or Divergence Explaining Family Changes PART 2:TOWARD THE CASE STUDIES Premises for Studying Finnish and Spanish Families The Making of Modern Finland and Spain PART 3:FAMILY IN FINLAND AND SPAIN On Family Ideology Family Values and Attitudes On Family Practices Family in Finland and Spain: The Focal Findings PART 4:FAMILY IN CONVERGING EUROPE Integration of European Societies and Family Patterns? The European Family - Made in the OECD?

Erscheinungsdatum	13.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 212 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781349358045 / 9781349358045
Zustand	Neuware