Michaela Kreyenfeld – författare

Exploring how family life has radically changed in recent decades, this comprehensive Research Handbook tracks the latest developments and trends in scholarly work on the family. With a particular focus on the European context, it addresses current debates and offers insights into key topics including: the division of housework, family forms and living arrangements, intergenerational relationships, partner choice, divorce and fertility behaviour. Bringing together contributions from leading family sociologists, the Research Handbook examines important questions: have family patterns across different countries become more similar, or have differences between countries and social groups increased over time? How diverse are family forms across different countries? How do conventional theories explain these patterns? And what are the major innovations in theorising and describing family behaviour? In order to resolve these key points, the chapters provide an overview of past and present developments in scholarly work on European families. They also present concise overviews of theories, methods, critical debates, empirical findings and pathways for future research. Its analysis of important areas of research in the field will make this Research Handbook a valuable resource for scholars and students of sociology, demography, and family and gender policy. It will also be beneficial for policy experts in these fields.

This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children. Through studies from several European countries, the book showcases how legal regulations and social policies influence parental and child well-being after divorce and separation.

This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children. Through studies from several European countries, the book showcases how legal regulations and social policies influence parental and child well-being after divorce and separation.

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe.

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe.

Trotz der offensichtlichen sozialpolitischen Relevanz und großen medialen Aufmerksamkeit des Phänomens Kinderlosigkeit sind das Ausmaß, die Ursachen und die Konsequenzen der Kinderlosigkeit in Deutschland bislang unzureichend untersucht worden, mit der Folge, dass in öffentlichen Debatten häufig unkritische und irreführende Diagnosen über Kinderlosigkeit erstellt werden. Das Ziel des Bandes besteht vor diesem Hintergrund darin, das Phänomen der Kinderlosigkeit in Deutschland analytisch differenziert zu durchdringen und belastbare Daten und Ergebnisse über das Ausmaß und die Struktur, die Ursachen und Folgen von Kinderlosigkeit zu präsentieren. Die vorliegende zweite Auflage ist grundlegend aktualisiert und erweitert worden.

Nach einem ausführlichen Überblick über die in der Bevölkerungssoziologie gängigen Themen, Theorien und Daten werden die Bereiche Fertilität, Familie und Lebensformen, Migration und Mobilität sowie Mortalität, Morbidität und Pflege vorgestellt.