Family rhythms : the changing textures of family life in Ireland / Jane Gray, Ruth Geraghty, David Ralph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Jane, 1963- author.

Geraghty, Ruth, author.

Ralph, David (Assistant Professor of Sociology), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Ireland.

Families.

Social change--Ireland.

Social change.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

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. A comprehensive, user-friendly textbook, Family rhythms 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.

Contents:

Introduction: Irish 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

Part III: Re-visioning family change in Ireland

7. Conclusion: Resilient families?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719091513

0719091519

9780719091520

0719091527

OCLC:

944431908