Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wall, Karin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Widmer, Eric D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gauthier, Jacques-Antoine (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Česnuitytė, Vida (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gouveia, Rita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Subjects: Social groups.; Family.; Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Social policy.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction; Eric D. Widmer, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Karin Wall, Vida Česnuitytė and Rita Gouveia
• 2. Contextualising Personal Networks Across Birth Cohorts and Countries; Vasco Ramos, Vida Česnuitytė, Karin Wall, and Dominique Joye
• 3. A First Portrait of Personal Networks in a Comparative Perspective; Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė
• 4. Changing Meanings of Family in Personal Relationships: a Comparative Perspective; Karin Wall, Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė
• 5. Mapping the Plurality of Personal Configurations; Gaëlle Aeby, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuitytė, and Rita Gouveia
• 6. Understanding Personal Networks as Social Capital; Eric D. Widmer, Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė
• 7. Linking Family Trajectories and Personal Networks; Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Gaëlle Aeby, Vasco Ramos, and Vida Česnuitytė
• 8. Conclusions; Karin Wall, Vida Česnuitytė, Eric D. Widmer, and Jacques-Antoine Gauthier. .