Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities

This book is a valuable resource for sociological studies of family life in the 21st century, exploring diverse experiences and contexts through evidence-based chapters. It examines family patterns, living apart together, troubled families, children in care, culture, coupledom, same-sex families, and digital technology. The work recognizes the sensitivity of family and personal lives and incorporates the impact of emotionality in knowledge production. It offers innovative methods for researching the family and raises relevant questions for students, researchers, professionals, and policymakers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a groundbreaking new resource in the sociological study of family life in the 21st century. The chapters in this volume delve into a wide array of family and intimate life experiences, encompassing personal choices about reproduction and the ways in which life choices and family forms are influenced by factors such as geographical location, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, income, and government policy.

Through a series of evidence-based chapters, esteemed sociologists explore a diverse range of family and intimate life experiences, examining the contexts in which they are lived and experienced. Each chapter delves into the lives and experiences of individuals whose choices challenge traditional notions of family, parenting, and childhood. Topics covered include family patterns and experiences of living apart together, troubled families, children in care, culture, coupledom, same-sex families, and digital technology. These topics are approached innovatively through theoretical engagement, highlighting the complexities and nuances of family life.

Chapters also incorporate innovative technologies and their role in shaping the nature of human relationships and interactions within family spaces. These negotiations within the family are contextualized globally within the political and ideological frameworks of societies at any given moment in time. The work recognizes the sensitivity of family and personal lives and incorporates the growing importance of the emotional dimension in knowledge production. Additionally, chapters on researching the family through socially just methods, researcher emotionality, and visual data showcase innovative approaches to understanding and studying the family.

By bringing together thought-provoking research findings and innovative methodological and theoretical approaches, this collection of essays raises and articulates relevant, timely, and pressing concerns about family life in the 21st century. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the complex dynamics and transformations shaping family life in our rapidly changing world.

Weight: 452g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367483401