The Public Life of Friendship Work, Neighbourhood and Civil Society /

• Main Author: Wilkinson, Jennifer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Subjects: Social groups.; Family.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Industrial sociology.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.; Sociology of Work.

This book is about friendships in public settings today. Wilkinson examines friendships in the public settings of neighbourhoods, civil society and at work. Identifying the unique relevance which public friendships have to contemporary social problems, the chapters cover a range of topics, including...