Families and Personal Networks
Subtitle: An International, Comparative Perspective
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781349952625
Subjects: Family; Sociology
Description: This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania. Drawing on national surveys of family trajectories and social networks, the contributors highlight personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives.0Providing innovative, comparative findings on families and personal networks through the use of diverse methodologies, this edited collection will be of interest to scholars, students and policymakers across a range of social science disciplines.