Social Relations and the Life Course

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Gender and Generation: Changing Pension Inequalities Over Time....Pages 13-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Past/Present/Future: Time and the Meaning of Change in the ‘Family’....Pages 33-48
‘The Never-ending Story’: Children’s Gaze and the Unresolved Narrative of Their Parents’ Divorce....Pages 49-62
Researching Childhood: Time, Memory and Method....Pages 63-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Young Motherhood: Family Transmission or Family Transitions?....Pages 81-102
Young Adults’ Household Formation: Individualization, Identity and Home....Pages 103-119
Negotiating Difference: Lesbian and Gay Transitions to Adulthood....Pages 120-134
Single 20-something and Seeking?....Pages 135-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
‘Making It Their Home’: In-migration, Time, Social Change and Belonging in a Rural Community....Pages 157-171
Family and Community Ties in Space and Time....Pages 172-186
‘If You Had a Whole Year of Weekends It Would be a Very Long Day’: Situating and Assessing Time in the Context of Paid and Unpaid Work....Pages 187-198
How Brief An Encounter? Time and Relationships, Pure or Otherwise....Pages 199-213
Back Matter....Pages 214-233