Families and Households: Divisions and Change

ISBN-13: 9780333633533 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 217 str.

C. Marsh; S. Arber

Opis

An edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Britain but also with reference to Germany. The book discusses changes in the care for the elderly, lone parents, and how households divide domestic labour and paid employment.

Spis treści

List of Tables - Notes on Contributors - Families and Households in Modern Britain; C.Marsh & S.Arber - Short-term Reciprocity in Parent- child Economic Exchanges; G.Jones - Saturday-Jobs: Sixth-former in the Labour Market; S.Hutson & W.Cheung - Relationships between the Generations in British Families Past and Present; R.Wall - 'In Sickness and in Health': Care-giving, Gender and the Independence of Elderly People; S.Arber & J.Ginn - Rational Choice and Household Division; A.H.Carling - The Differentiation of Households and Working Time Arrangements in West Germany; V.H.Schmidt - Diversity and Ambiguity among Lone-Parent Households in Modern Britain; G.Crow & M.Hardey - Social Networks of Single Person Households; W.Bien, J.Marbach & R.Templeton - Upholding the Nuclear Family: a Study of Unmarried Parents and Domestic Courts; R.Collins - Index