Cover; Family rhythms; Contents; List of figures; List of photographs; List of panels; Preface; Introduction:Irish families in the sociological imagination; Part I: Questioning the modern family; 1 The idea of the modern family; 2 Beyond the modern family:re-visioning family change; Part II Changing families acrossthe life course; 3 Changing childhoods; 4 Early adulthood and family formation; 5 Working and parenting in the middle years; 6 New grandparents:older people in the family; Part III Re-visioning family changein Ireland; 7 Conclusion: resilient families; Glossary of key concepts
Technical informationList of participants; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This textbook draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate how Irish families have adapted and changed over time
