Getting Started: Transition to Adulthood in Great Britain

ISBN-13: 9780367013455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 238 str.

Alan C. Kerckhoff

Opis

This book provides evidence of the significance of a society's structure and normative definitions in giving shape to one part of the life course, examining closely a major period of life course transition, the move from adolescence to adulthood in Great Britain.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- Social Mobility and the Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective -- An Overview of the British Educational System -- Conceptualization and Methods of Analysis -- Leaving School and Entering the Labor Force -- Becoming Independent: Leaving Home, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Parenthood -- Settling In: The Early Years in the Labor Force -- Shaping the Life Course -- Appendix

O autorze

Kerckhoff, Alan C.