Social Dynamics of the Life Course Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations

Name: Social Dynamics of the Life Course Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations
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ISBN: 9780202306940

ISBN-10: 0202306941

ISBN-13: 9780202306940

Edition: 2003

Authors: Walter R. Heinz, Victor W. Marshall, Victor Marshall, Victor Marshall

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Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/31/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 306
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Walter Heinz is co-Chair of the Life Course Centre, University of Toronto.



Preface


Contributors


Introduction




Theoretical Roots of the Life-Course Perspective




The Life-Course Regime: Ambiguities Between Interrelatedness and Individualization




The Life Course in Time and Place




Combining Methods in Life-Course Research: A Mixed Blessing?




From Transitions to Trajectories: Sequence Types




Dynamics of Women's Employment Careers: Labor-Market Opportunities and Women's Labor-Market Exit and Reentry




Employment Trajectories of East and West German Mothers Compared: One Nation - One Pattern?




The Life Course, Institutions, and Life-Course Policy




How Institutions Shape the German Life Course




Growing Up in American Society: Income, Opportunities, and Outcomes




Linked Lives: Dual Careers, Gender, and the Contingent Life Course




Ties Between Lives: Dynamics of Employment Patterns of Spouses




Changes in Family Roles and Arrangements Between Generations: An Indicator for the Modernization of Gender Relations?



Index