Editors:
- Examines unique Australian longitudinal data from a single project
- Examines the usefulness of broader theories of social change within a specific and historical setting
- Reports data on findings from a unique ongoing longitudinal study on ways in which men and women negotiate major stages of the life course
Part of the book series: Life Course Research and Social Policies (LCRS, volume 1)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Pathways through the life course have changed considerably in recent decades. Many of our assumptions about leaving home, starting new relationships and having children have been turned upside down. It is now almost as common to have children prior to marriage as afterwards, and certainly much more common to live together before marrying than to marry without first living together. Women are more likely to remain in the labour force after having children and many families struggle with problems of work-family balance at some stage in their lives, particularly when they have young children. But how much has really changed? Is there really more diversity in how individuals transition through these life course stages, or just variations at the margin with most people following a standard work and family life course?
This volume makes use of rich longitudinal data from a unique Australian project to examine these issues. Drawing on broader theories of social change and demographic transitions in an international context, each chapter provides a detailed empirical assessment of the ways in which Australian adults negotiate their work and family lives. In doing so, the volume provides important insight into the ways in which recent demographic, social and economic changes both challenge and reproduce gender divisions.
Keywords
- Adult life course
- Birth cohort differences
- Cohabitation
- Declining fertility rates
- Declining marriages rates
- Demographic shifts
- Demographic transition
- Divorce
- Domestic labour
- Educational attainment
- Educational system
- Family change
- Family dissolution
- Family formation
- Globalization
- Leaving home
- Life course
- Life course transitions
- Longitudinal modelling
- Marital seperation
- Occupational achievements
- Paid and unpaid work
- Retirement
- Technological change
- Young adults
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Negotiating the Life Course is an edited volume by Ann Evans and Janeen Baxter that focuses on the life trajectories of Australian men and women. … provides an elaborate compendium that recognizes the closely intertwined relationship between paid work and family in shaping the life course and succeeds in illustrating the driving forces behind life course changes in Australia. In this sense, this volume is a valuable resource for any scholar interested in comparative life-course research and in the Australian case in particular.” (Christian Schmitt, European Journal of Population, Vol. 29, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
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Australian Demographic & Social, Research Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Ann Evans
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School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Janeen Baxter
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Negotiating the Life Course
Book Subtitle: Stability and Change in Life Pathways
Editors: Ann Evans, Janeen Baxter
Series Title: Life Course Research and Social Policies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8912-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8911-3Published: 23 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9700-0Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8912-0Published: 23 October 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-7776
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7784
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 234
Topics: Sociology, general, Family, Demography