ISBN:
9781137318527
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113731852X
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9780230271920
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 305 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Social sciences
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Jamieson, Lynn, 1952 - Living alone
Parallel Title:
Print version Living Alone : Globalization, Identity and Belonging
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Einzelpersonenhaushalt
;
Lebenslauf
;
Partnerschaft
;
Lebensstil
Abstract:
Electronic book text. - Epublication based on: 9780230271920
Abstract:
Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability, In Northern Europe almost half of households consist of one person. Rates of living alone are lower in the Global South but the trend is still on the increase. Prevalent first among the elderly, living alone then becomes common at ages associated with partners and children. Fears about the end of family and community combine with stereotypes, the 'sad and lonely' or 'selfish singles', in popular depictions. This groundbreaking and highly original study brings evidence to the core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, exploring individualization and social connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, the relevance of place - rural or urban - in mobile worlds, sexuality, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. This book presents a systematic sociological analysis of the growing trend of solo living across the globe, while also drawing on the voices of working-age men and women living in urban and rural areas in the UK
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Three sets of reasons for studying and knowing more about people living alone; Definitions: A one-person household, dwelling and conducting domestic life alone; Scope and sources of evidence; Theoretical debate; Part I: Living Alone, Life Course and Life Transitions; Living alone and restructuring of the life course; Globalization as exogenous change, individualization and internal agency; 2 Geographies and Biographies of Living Alone; Solo-living and global social change
Description / Table of Contents:
Gendered biographies of living aloneConcluding remarks; 3 Solo-living with and without Partnering and Parenting; Introduction; Solo-living childless 'Singles'; Relationships without co-residence: Keeping intimacy at a distance?; Solo-living parents; Concluding remarks; Part II: Home, Consumption and Identity; Introduction; Identity and the meaning of home; Consumer culture: Homes and stuff; 4 The Meaning of Home Alone; Home alone and pleasing yourself; Home for the self and home for others; Less hospitable homes
Description / Table of Contents:
My touch, love and the presence and absence of self and others in the meaning of homeConcluding remarks; 5 Living Alone, Consuming Alone?; Meals alone, in company and as social events; Holidays and travel; Christmas as the 'family holiday'; Concluding remarks; Part III: Networks, Community and Place; Introduction; Social capital; Capturing social connectedness; The move to 'chosen' relationships?; Place and 'community'; 6 Solo-living and Connectedness; Living alone and well-being in later life; Living alone and social networks at working age
Description / Table of Contents:
Experiences of social connection: Men and women living alone at working ageConcluding remarks; 7 Place, Mobility and Migration; Living alone and residential histories; Living alone and embeddedness in place; Employment mobility, social class and 'elective belonging'; Concluding remarks; 8 The Future of Living Alone; Future trends; Diversity in population characteristics and outcomes; Globalization, individualization and resilience of patriarchy; Everyday lives effecting social change; Identity, individualism, consumption and 'plenitude'; Disembedding and networked individualism
Description / Table of Contents:
From living alone to living-alone-together?Appendix 1: The Rural and Urban Solo Living: Social Integration, Quality of Life and Future Orientations Study; Sampling strategy; Data collection; Sample characteristics; Appendix 2: Characteristics and Circumstances of Working-Age Men and Women Living Alone in Scotland; Section 1: Housing; Section 2: Socio-economic and demographic characteristics; Section 3: Type of locality, transport, Internet access; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1057/9781137318527
URN:
10.1057/9781137318527
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