Families in transition : social change, family formation, and kin relationships / Nickie Charles, Charlotte Aull Davies, and Chris Harris.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.

1. Understanding families and social change -- 2. Changing societies -- 3. Changing families -- 4. Families and cultural identity -- 5. Families in and out of work -- 6. Caring families -- 7. Dispersed kin -- 8. Families, friends and communities -- 9. What is the future for the family? -- Appendix I. Methodological problems in comparisons of class over time -- Appendix II. Swansea boundary changes.

This book addresses the complexity of family change. It draws on evidence from two linked studies, one carried out in the 1960s and the other in the early years of the 21st century, to analyse the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how they have been affected by the major structural and cultural changes of the second half of the twentieth century. The book shows that, while there has undeniably been change, there is a surprising degree of continuity in family practices. It casts doubt on claims that families have been subject to a process of dramatic change and provides an alternative account which is based on careful analysis of empirical data.

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