Understanding families over time
Subtitle: research and policy
By: edited by Janet Holland and Rosalind Edwards
Series: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life; Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781137285072
Subjects: Families; Longitudinal studies
Description: Based on a large-scale qualitative longitudinal study of the life course conducted in the UK (Timescapes Study), this unique collection reveals close-up--and in their own words--the experiences of children and young people, parents, and older generations. The participants' lives and times are explored through multiple accounts of their changing trajectories. Collectively, the contributions examine family and generational relationships in all their complexity as they change and develop. Tackling a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds and geographical locations, each individual chapter is concerned with particular stages of the life course, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time. "Understanding Families Over Time" also has a methodological twist: change and continuity through biographical, historical and generational time are integral aspects of the overall study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction to "Timescapes" : changing relationships and identities over the life course   -- Janet Holland and Rosalind Edwards -- 2.; title: Generations and aspirations : young people's thinking about relationships with siblings and hopes for their parents over time   -- Rosalind Edwards, Susie Weller and Sarah Baker -- 3.; title: Growing up in Northern Ireland   -- Sheena McGrellis and Janet Holland -- 4.; title: Young parenthood and cross generational relationships : the perspectives of young fathers   -- Bren Neale and Carmen Lau Clayton -- 5.; title: Investing in involvement : men moving through fatherhood   -- Karen Henwood, Fiona Shirani and Carrie Coltart -- 6.; title: Expectations and realities : motherhood and the female 'choice' biography   -- Rachel Thomson -- 7.; title: Responsibility, work and family life : children's and parents' experiences of working parenthood   -- Jeni Harden, Alice MacLean, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Lynn Jamieson -- 8.; title: Gender and work-family conflict : a secondary analysis of Timescapes data   -- Sarah Irwin and Mandy Winterton -- 9.; title: Vulnerability, inter-generational exchange, and the conscience of generations   -- Nick Emmel and Kahryn Hughes -- 10.; title: Grandparenting across the life course  -- Joanna Bornat and Bill Bytheway.