The social meaning of children and fertility change in Europe.

The social meaning of children and fertility change in Europe.

Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a 'fertility crisis'. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. It investigates what role children play in how young adults plan their lives, and why and h...

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Main Author: Ellingsæter, Anne Lise
Other Authors: Jensen, An-Magritt, Lie, Merete
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; 17.
Subjects:
Children > Europe.
Fertility, Human > Europe.
Children
Fertility, Human
Europe
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Table of Contents:
  • The social meaning of children and fertility change
  • The politics of parenting : the meaning of children, the meaning of work
  • Economic risk, fertility and the welfare state : understanding individual rationales
  • Flexible work : implications for the social meaning of children
  • Patterns of partnership and parenthood : experiences, approaches and readiness towards commitment and creating a family
  • The cultural ideal of the joint decision : illuminating values of individuality and relationality of the child choice
  • The non-modern child? : ambivalence about parenthood among young adults
  • Rising fertility, fewer fathers : crossroads of networks, gender and class
  • Changing fertility behaviour across two generations : the role of gender and class
  • From mothers to daughters : intergenerational transmission of fertility norms
  • The social meaning of children embedded in institutions and personal relations.

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