Stephen J. Hunt

The Life Course (eBook, PDF)

A Sociological Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A far-reaching but accessible sociological account of the life course, and how it can be used to conceptualise key issues for social scientists, health and social workers. Now extensively updated in a new second edition, the text takes on the most recent and globally relevant debates and theoretical perspectives in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137521972
• Artikelnr.: 46012803

Autorenporträt

STEPHEN J. HUNT is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of West of England, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- 1. From Life Cycle to the Life Course: Theoretical Accounts.- 2. The Life Course in Late/Post-Modernity.- 3. Social Differentiation and Determinants of the Life Course.- 4. Reproduction, Pregnancy and Childbirth.- 5. Infancy and Parenting.- 6. Childhood: Issues and Perspectives.- 7. Youth and Emerging Adulthood.- 8. Adulthood: Work, Leisure, and Consumption.- 9. Relationships, Intimacy, and Family Life.- 10. Constructing Mid-Life.- 11. Ageing and Later Life.- 12. End of Life, Death and Dying.