ISBN:
9789400719453
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIX, 179 p. 5 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Understanding Population Trends and Processes 5
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Anthropology
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Demography
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Anthropology
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Demography
Abstract:
Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these axes of variation, but theoretical models to explain family change and variation have lagged behind. At the same time, our sister disciplines - from cultural anthropology to social psychology to cognitive science and beyond - have made dramatic strides in understanding how social action works, and how bodies, brains, cultural contexts, and structural conditions are coordinated in that process. "Understanding Famil
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements and Note on Authorship; Introduction; Contents; 1 The Theory of Conjunctural Action; Schemas; A Typology of Schemas; Deep Versus Shallow Schemas; Categorical, Procedural, and Evaluative Schemas; More and Less Visceral Schemas; Where Do Schemas Come from and How Do They Change?; Materials; A Typology of Materials; Complexity; Replicability; Ownership and Alienability; Limitation; On the Distribution of Materials; Schema-Material Interdependency and the Emergence of Structure; Identity as the Embodiment of Structure; Conjunctures and Construal
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Events and the Remaking of StructureHow Structures Change; Structure, Power, and Inequality; Conclusion; 2 Consilience; Two Foundational Concepts; Path-Dependency; Multi-level Interaction; Key Elements of TCA; Schemas; The Evolved Brain; Schemas Evolve; The Social Life of Schemas; Materials: Actualized in the World; Materials Enable and Influence Behavior; Materials Instantiate Meanings or Values; Value is Relational; Structure; Structure Versus Culture; Structure Versus Agency; Identity; Identity Organizes Diverse Schemas About the Self
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Identity is Formed by Early Adulthood But Evolves Throughout LifeIdentity Shapes and Enables Action; Conjuncture; Large Scale Contexts; Conjuncture, Situation, and Setting; Construal; From Rational Choice to Conjunctural Action; Final Remarks; 3 Fertility Change and Variation; TCA and Fertility Change and Variation; TCA and the Fertility Transition; Role of Schemas in the Fertility Transition; Materials and Fertility Transition; The Interaction of Materials and Schemas; TCA and Contemporary Low Fertility; Schemas in Low Fertility Settings; Materials in Low Fertility Settings
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Low Fertility Arising from Schema Material Interactions: Three ExamplesLow Fertility Variation: Contrasts Between the U.S. and Germany; Persistent Differences in U.S. Fertility by Race and Religion; Black/White Fertility Differences; Contemporary Religious Differences; Persistent Fertility Difference in East and West Germany; Conclusion; 4 Social Class and the Timing and Context of Childbearing; Social Class Variation in the Timing of Family Formation; Structure, Social Location, and Family Formation; Structures and the Ecology of Social Space; The Incorporation of Structure
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Setting the Stage for Action: Conjunctures on the Path to Family FormationMaterial Elements of Conjunctures; Schematic Elements of Conjunctures; Resolving Conjunctures; Class Differences in Outcomes; Discussion; 5 A Conjunctural History of Assisted Reproduction and Adoption; The Schematic Framework of Parenthood in America; The First Schema: Parenthood Rests on Biological Relatedness Through Descent; The Second Schema: Children's Identities Inhere in Their Genetic Heritage; The Third Schema: Hard Work is Honorable, Including in Relation to Reproduction
Description / Table of Contents:
The Birth of Louise Joy Brown: A Transformative Event
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1945-3
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