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Families and personal networks: An international comparative perspective
Wall, Karin | University of Lisbon |
Widmer, Eric D. | University of Geneva |
Gauthier, Jacques–Antoine | University of Lausanne |
Gouveia, Rita | University of Lisbon |
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2018 |
The book “Families and Personal Networks. An International Comparative Perspective” critically assesses the main features of the modernization of the 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 on family trajectories and social networks, the research process was conducted in close collaboration between the three teams between 2010 and 2013. The chapters highlight personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives. Due to the innovative comparative findings on families and personal networks and the diverse methodologies used (i.e. optimal matching, cluster analysis, subjective perspectives on the life course, network analysis), the book will be of interest to scholars wishing to understand the impact of late modernity on changing patterns of family and personal relationships as well as those interested in combining a variety of methodologies to analyse families, personal networks and the life course. Readership will also include policy makers, social workers, family organizations and students.