A companion to life course studies : the social and historical context of the British birth cohort studies
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A companion to life course studies : the social and historical context of the British birth cohort studies
(Routledge advances in sociology, 53)
Routledge, 2011
- : hbk
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Politics, citizenship and social capital / Lindsay Paterson
- Family structure and family policy and practice / Lynda Clarke and Ceridwen Roberts
- Education policy and practice / Gary McCulloch
- Economic policy and practice / Hugh Pemberton
- Labour market, employment and skills / David Ashton and John Bynner
- Health policy and health care / Michael Wadsworth
- Leisure : stability and change / Ken Roberts
- Generation and change in perspective / John Bynner and Michael Wadsworth
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Since the end of the Second World War, society has been characterised by rapid and extensive political, economic, scientific, and technological change. Opportunities for education, employment, human relations, and good health, have all been greatly affected by those changes, as have all aspects of life. Consequently, each post-war generation has been like no other before or since.
Britain, uniquely, has five large-scale life course studies that began at intervals throughout that period. They have shown how lives are shaped by individual characteristics, their past and current experiences and opportunities, and so reflect their times. This book describes those fundamental changes that affected life chances differently in each generation, and how governments struggled to accommodate the changes with new policies for improving and managing the nation's capital in terms of education, family policy, health, human rights, and economics.
A Companion to Life Course Studies provides a resource for the interpretation of the findings and design differences in the five studies, and the stimulus for new comparisons of life course between these differing generations that would contribute to policy and to understanding.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Politics, Citizenship and Social Capital 3. Family Structure, Family Policy and Practice 4. Education Policy and Practice 5. Economic Policy and Practice 6. Labour Market, Employment and Skills 7. Health Policy and Practice 8. Leisure, Stability and Change 9. Changing Britain, Changing Generations Appendix 1: Key Elements of the Five Large-scale British Birth Cohort Studies Appendix 2: Timeline of Salient Events, Acts of Parliament and Relevant Public Inquiries
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