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Understanding Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
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Hardback. This book argues that social demography must be reintegrated into the core of theory and research on the processes and mechanisms of social action, and proposes a framework through which this reintegration can occur. Series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes. Num Pages: 180 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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 Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action argues that social demography must be reintegrated into the ... Read more
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 Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action argues that social demography must be reintegrated into the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Population Trends and Processes
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400719446
SKU
V9789400719446
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Reviews for Understanding Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action
This volume authored by renowned socio-demographers is a remarkable enterprise . European Journal of Population 28:2 (2012)