Changing Relations - Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Advances in Personal Relationships
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Robin Goodwin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84204-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	0-521-84204-2
Barcode:	9780521842044

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