Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures
An understanding of the trends in contemporary family and household structures, eg symmetrical family, beanpole families, matrifocal families, serial monogamy, lone-parent families, house husbands, living apart together, same sex couples etc.
Chester, Giddens, Rapoports
Different sociological explanations for the reasons and significance of these trends.
Weeks, Chester, Stacey
Including the significance of individual choice in personal relationships and the significance of relationships beyond the traditional family structures.
May, Smart, Stacey
Chester, Giddens, Rapoports
Different sociological explanations for the reasons and significance of these trends.
Weeks, Chester, Stacey
Including the significance of individual choice in personal relationships and the significance of relationships beyond the traditional family structures.
May, Smart, Stacey