Family Rhythms
The Changing Textures of Family Life in Ireland
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 2017
272 pages
978-1-5261-3168-3 (ISBN)
Available for download
Description
Family rhythms is the first textbook of its kind with an explicit focus on Ireland and Irish families. Uniquely, the book draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate how Irish families have adapted and changed over time. With chapters on childhood, adolescence, parenting and grandparenthood, the book shows the resilience of families in different social and historical contexts. Each chapter includes a discussion of the challenges that face families and how social research can inform policy makers' responses.
Family rhythms is a comprehensive, user-friendly textbook that offers a variety of strategies for engaging readers, including direct encounters with qualitative data through the use of classroom oriented discussion panels. Synopses of landmark Irish studies are included throughout, bringing the insights from these key studies together in a single textbook for the first time. -- .
Family rhythms is a comprehensive, user-friendly textbook that offers a variety of strategies for engaging readers, including direct encounters with qualitative data through the use of classroom oriented discussion panels. Synopses of landmark Irish studies are included throughout, bringing the insights from these key studies together in a single textbook for the first time. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
Line drawings, black & white
Line drawings, black & white
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-3168-3 (9781526131683)
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Additional editions
Jane Gray | Ruth Geraghty | David Ralph
Family Rhythms
The Changing Textures of Family Life in Ireland
Book
06/2016
Manchester University Press
€116.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Jane Gray | Ruth Geraghty | David Ralph
Family Rhythms
The Changing Textures of Family Life in Ireland
Book
03/2016
Manchester University Press
€28.20
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Persons
Jane Gray is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University and Research Associate of the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
Ruth Geraghty is Data Curator for the Children's Research Network for Ireland and Northern Ireland at the Centre for Effective Services
David Ralph is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Trinity College, Dublin -- .
Ruth Geraghty is Data Curator for the Children's Research Network for Ireland and Northern Ireland at the Centre for Effective Services
David Ralph is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Trinity College, Dublin -- .
Content
Introduction: Families in the sociological imagination
Part I: Questioning the modern family
1. The idea of the modern Family
2. Beyond the modern family. Re-visioning family change
Part II. Changing families across the life course
3. Changing childhoods
4. Early adulthood and family formation
5. Working and parenting in the middle years
6. New grandparents. Older people in the family
Conclusion: Resilient families? Continuity and change in Irish family life
Appendices
Index -- .
Part I: Questioning the modern family
1. The idea of the modern Family
2. Beyond the modern family. Re-visioning family change
Part II. Changing families across the life course
3. Changing childhoods
4. Early adulthood and family formation
5. Working and parenting in the middle years
6. New grandparents. Older people in the family
Conclusion: Resilient families? Continuity and change in Irish family life
Appendices
Index -- .
