Описание: Introduction; Vida Česnuityte, Eric D. Widmer, Detlev Lьck.- PART I EXPLANATION OF FAMILY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.- 1 Approaches to the study of family life: Practices, context and narrative; Julia Brannen.- 2. Family salience across nations: Configurations of morphological conditions; Eric D. Widmer, Olga Ganjour.- 3 Cultural conceptions of family as inhibitors of change in family lives: The leitbild approach; Detlev Lьck, Sabine Diabatй, Kerstin Ruckdeschel.- 4 The importance of the family as an institution: Findings from an Italian survey; Sara Mazzucchelli, Giovanna Rossi, Maria Letizia Bosoni.- PART II FAMILY ACROSS INDIVIDUAL LIFE COURSE.- 5 Influence of personal networks on decision-making in family
formation nowadays: Has it changed?; Vida Česnuityte.- 6 Relational networks of young couples and marriage choice paths in Italy: Data on membership and influence;Matteo Moscatelli, Donatella Bramanti.- 7 Rebuilding family? Continuity and change in family membership and relationship closeness in post-separation situations
Anna-Maija Castrйn.- 8 Co-residence as a mechanism of relational proximity: The impact
of household trajectories on the diversification of personal networks;Vasco Ramos, Rita Gouveia, Karin Wall.- 9 The impact of co-residence trajectories on personal networks
in the transition to adulthood: A comparative perspective; Gaлlle Aeby, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Rita Gouveia, Vasco Ramos, Karin Wall, Vida Česnuityte.- PART III FAMILY PRACTICES.- 10 Why parents take unpaid parental leave: Evidence from Spain; Gerardo Meil, Pedro Romero-Balsas, Jesъs Rogero-Garcнa.- 11 The creativity of mothering: Intensity, anxiety and normative accountability; Lisa Smyth.- 12 Farm fathers and their fathers: Flexible work and cultural change; Berit Brandth.- CONCLUSIONS: CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES IN EUROPEAN FAMILY LIVES; Detlev Lьck, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuityte