The Life Course
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A far-reaching but accessible sociological account of the life course, and how it can be used to conceptualise key issues for social scientists, health and social workers. Now extensively updated in a new second edition, the text takes on the most recent and globally relevant debates and theoretical perspectives in the field.
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'This thoroughly revised and well-crafted overview usefully draws together a range of empirical evidence on the life course and its stages, as well as examining theoretical and conceptual issues. Hunt's book is rigorous, simulating and very accessible. For me, it is the leading text book in its field.' -Jane Pilcher, University of Leicester, UK 'Stephen Hunt provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and important overview of the contemporary life course. He captures the enormity of social changes in institutions, demographics, technologies, economies and lifestyles that are upending conventional roles and routines as well as expected transitions and trajectories, fostering both uncertainty and risk.' -Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota, USMore details
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Introduction.- 1. From Life Cycle to the Life Course: Theoretical Accounts.- 2. The Life Course in Late/Post-Modernity.- 3. Social Differentiation and Determinants of the Life Course.- 4. Reproduction, Pregnancy and Childbirth.- 5. Infancy and Parenting.- 6. Childhood: Issues and Perspectives.- 7. Youth and Emerging Adulthood.- 8. Adulthood: Work, Leisure, and Consumption.- 9. Relationships, Intimacy, and Family Life.- 10. Constructing Mid-Life.- 11. Ageing and Later Life.- 12. End of Life, Death and Dying.