Social Relations and the Life Course

MICHAEL ANDERSON Professor of Economic History, University of EdinburghSARA ARBER Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of SurreyFRANK BECHHOFER Professor and University Fellow, Research Centre for Social SciencesNADIA JOANNE BRITTON Lecturer in Sociology, University of SheffieldRUTH BUTLER Lecturer in Applied Social Research, University of HullSARAH CHEESBROUGH PhD Graduate, University of SouthamptonFIONA DEVINE Professor of Sociology, University of ManchesterJEAN DUNCOMBE Senior Lecturer, School of Social Studies, University College, ChichesterEILEEN FARHURST Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityVAL GILES Research Fellow in Social Sciences, South Bank UniversityPETER HALFPENNY Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Applied Social Research, University of ManchesterSHEILA HENDERSON Visiting Fellow at the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank UniversityJANET HOLLAND Professor of Social Research and Director of the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank UniversityLYNN JAMIESON Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) and Reader in Sociology, University of EdinburghLIZ KENYON Senior Research Officer, National Foundation for Educational ResearchYAOJIN LI Research Fellow, Centre for Census and Survey Research, Manchester UniversityCATHERINE MACLEAN Lecturer in Sociology, University of EdinburghDENNIS MARSDENVisiting Professor in the School of Social Studies, University College, ChichesterDAVID MCCRONE Co-Director of the Governance of Scotland Forum and Professor of Sociology, University of EdinburghSHEENA MCGRELLIS Senior Research Fellow in the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University (based at the University of Ulster)SARA MCNAMEEROSEMARY MELLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester until her death in 2001DAVID MORGAN Emeritus Professor, University of ManchesterJANE RIBBENS MCCARTHY Lecturer in Qualitative Research, Open UniversitySUE SHARPE Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of LondonTRACEY SKELTON Lecturer in Human Geography, Loughborough UniversityROBERT STEWART Consultant with MVA, EdinburghRACHAEL THOMSON Senior Research Fellow in the Social Science Research Centre, South Bank UniversityGILL VALENTINE Professor of Geography, University of Sheffield

• Introduction; G.Allan & G.Jones Gender and Generation: Changing Pension Inequalities Over Time; S.Arber PART ONE: CHILDREN AND PARENTS Past/Present/Future: Time and the Meaning of Change in the Family; V.Giles, J.Holland & J.Ribbens McCarthy 'The Never-Ending Story': Children's Gaze and the Unresolved Narrative of Their Parents' Divorce; J.Duncombe & D.Marsden Researching Childhood: Time, Memory and Method; R.Thomson, J.Holland, S.Henderson, S.McGrellis & S.Sharpe PART TWO: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD FORMATION Young Motherhood: Family Transmission or Family Transitions?; S.Cheesbrough Young Adults' Household Formation: Individualisation, Identity and Home; L.Kenyon Negotiating Difference: Lesbian and Gay Transitions to Adulthood; G.Valentine; S.McNamee, T.Skelton & R.Butler Single, Twenty-Something and Seeking?; L.Jamieson; R.Stewart, Y.Li M.Anderson, F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone PART THREE: REFORMULATIONS Making it Their Home: In-migration, Time, Social Change and Belonging in a Rural Community; C.Maclean Family and Community Ties in Space and Time; F.Devine, N.Joanne Britton, P.Halfpenny & R.Mellor 'If you had a whole year of weekends it would be a very long day': Situating and Assessing Time in the Context of Paid and Unpaid Work; E.Fairhurst How Brief an Encounter? Time and Relationships, Pure or Otherwise; D.H.J.Morgan

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