Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Presents a timely exploration of vulnerability processes across a variety of groups
- Based on longitudinal studies by leading researchers from multiple disciplines across the social sciences
- Addresses key theoretical advances based on empirical studies that shed light on vulnerability processes
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Vulnerability as a Multidimensional Process: Spillovers Across Life Domains
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Vulnerability at the Articulation of Levels
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The Unfolding of Vulnerable Life Trajectories
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About this book
This is an invaluable new resource for students and researchers in life course studies, and those from other disciplines willing to include life course factors in their research on vulnerability issues.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dario Spini is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Lausanne and Director of NCCR LIVES.
Eric D. Widmer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Geneva and co-director of NCCR LIVES.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life
Book Subtitle: Dynamics of Stressors, Resources, and Reserves
Editors: Dario Spini, Eric Widmer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4567-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4566-3Published: 14 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4569-4Published: 14 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-4567-0Published: 13 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 451
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology, general, Medical Sociology, Cultural Theory