| Young, Free, and Single?: Twenty-Somethings and Household Change 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Heath, S. (Author), Cleaver, E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403901244 ISBN-13: 9781403901248 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: In the context of the ongoing de-standardization of young people's lives, this book explores changing patterns of household formation amongst contemporary 20-somethings and the implications of these changes for the ways in which they relate to friends, parents and partners. The book points to the growing polarization between the experiences of graduates and non-graduates, and highlights changing expectations and attitudes towards intimacy and "settling down" amongst these groups. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 305.242 |
| LCCN: 2003053602 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.66" W x 9.24" (0.89 lbs) 225 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the context of the ongoing destandardization of young people's lives, this book explores changing patterns of household formation amongst contemporary 20-somethings and the implications of these changes for the ways in which they relate to friends, parents and partners. The book points to the growing polarization between the experiences of graduates and non-graduates, and highlights changing expectations and attitudes towards intimacy and 'settling down' amongst these groups. |