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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Changing Relations
• Subtitle: Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition
• Author: Robin Goodwin
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 246
• EAN: 9780521842044
• ISBN: 0521842042
• ID: 02137521
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 51 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. December 2008

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