Changing Relations

Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition

AvRobin Goodwin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on our everyday relationships? How do modernisation processes influence our broader values, and how might these then affect our desires to marry, have a family and develop our social networks? And how do sudden events in a society - invasions, civil conflict, terrorist attacks, collapse of a political system - influence our relationship decisions and processes. In this book Goodwin critically reviews the literature on modernisation and contemporary relationships, challenging simplistic conclusions about the 'end of intimacy' and the inevitable decline of personal commitment. Reviewing work from across the globe, he also contends that adaptation to rapid change is moderated by individual, social class and cultural variations, with consequently differing impacts on everyday relations. In doing so he brings together contemporary debates in psychology, sociology and the political sciences on coping with social change and its impact on personal relations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-08
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advances in Personal Relationships
Antal sidor:246
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521842044

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Robin Goodwin is professor of social psychology at Brunel University, West London. A winner of the New Faculty (Steve Duck) Prize by the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, he is associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, associate editor at the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and past chair of the publications committee for the International Network on Personal Relationships.

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“Robin Goodwin’s scholarship is truly interdisciplinary and international. It represents a tremendous contribution to the field of personal relationships, which is still largely multidisciplinary and dominated by scholars in English-speaking countries. As he explains how relationships adapt to a rapidly changing and confusing world, Goodwin does a masterful job of connecting macro-level theories of social change to micro-level theories of social interaction. In so doing, he provides a thorough review of the literature including oft-cited references as well as more obscure ones.” —Rebecca G. Adams, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Innehållsförteckning

1. Defining and measuring social change; 2. The myth of modernisation?; 3. More beautiful than a monkey: the achievement of intimacy; 4. Friends and social networks; 5. Sex and the modern city; 6. Marriage and the family; 7. Modeling social change and relationships.