Changing Relations

Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition

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ID19920410
AuthorsR Goodwin (0000-0002-2407-7016, Brunel University of London, corresponding author)
Year2008
Publication date2008-12-08
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueChanging Relations (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511551796
OpenAlexW4239733257
ISBN9780511551796
Open LibraryOL17009206M
Google BooksI84XH-Hsb_cC
LanguageEN
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In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on our everyday relationships? How do modernisation processes influence our broader values, and how might these then affect our desires to marry, have a family and develop our social networks? And how do sudden events in a society - invasions, civil conflict, terrorist attacks, collapse of a political system - influence our relationship decisions and processes. In this book Goodwin critically reviews the literature on modernisation and contemporary relationships, challenging simplistic conclusions about the 'end of intimacy' and the inevitable decline of personal commitment. Reviewing work from across the globe, he also contends that adaptation to rapid change is moderated by individual, social class and cultural variations, with consequently differing impacts on everyday relations. In doing so he brings together contemporary debates in psychology, sociology and the political sciences on coping with social change and its impact on personal relations

Coping (psychology) · Environmental ethics · Everyday life · Globe · Modernization theory · Political change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social change · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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