Understanding Families Over Time (eBook)

Kathryn Backett-Milburn, University of Edinburgh, UK Sarah Baker, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Joanna Bornat, The Open University, UK Bill Bytheway, retired scholar, UK Carrie Coltart, independent scholar, UK Sarah Cunningham-Burley, University of Edinburgh, UK Nick Emmel, University of Leeds, UK Jeni Harden, University of Edinburgh, UK Karen Henwood, Cardiff University, UK Kahryn Hughes, University of Leeds, UK Sarah Irwin, University of Leeds, UK Lynn Jamieson, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), UK Carmen Lau Clayton, University of Leeds, UK Alice MacLean, University of Glasgow, UK Sheena McGrellis, London South Bank University, UK Bren Neale, University of Leeds, UK Rachel Thomson, University of Sussex, UK Fiona Shirani, Cardiff University, UK Susie Weller, London South Bank University, UK

1. Introduction to Timescapes: Changing Relationships and Identities over the Life Course; Janet Holland and Rosalind Edwards 2. Generations and Aspirations: Young People's Thinking about Relationships with Siblings and Hopes for their Parents over Time; Rosalind Edwards and Susie Weller 3. Growing up in Northern Ireland; Sheena McGrellis and Janet Holland 4. Young Parenthood and Cross Generational Relationships: The Perspectives of Young Fathers; Bren Neale and Carmen Lau Clayton 5. Investing in Involvement: Men Moving Through Fatherhood; Karen Henwood, Fiona Shirani and Carrie Coltart 6. Expectations and Realities: Motherhood and the Female 'Choice' Biography; Rachel Thomson 7. Responsibility, Work and Family Life: Children's and Parents' Experiences of Working Parenthood; Jeni Harden, Alice MacLean, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Lynn Jamieson 8. Gender and Work-Family Conflict: A Secondary Analysis of Timescapes Data; Sarah Irwin and Mandy Winterton 9. Vulnerability, Inter-Generational Exchange, and the Conscience of Generations; Nick Emmel and Kahryn Hughes 10. Grandparenting across the Life Course; Joanna Bornat and Bill Bytheway 11. Conclusions; Janet Holland and Rosalind Edwards