Family Continuity and Change

1. Introduction
Vida Česnuitytė, Eric D. Widmer, Detlev Lück

Part I. Family Understandings

2. Approaches to the Study of Family Life: Practices, Context, and Narrative
Julia Brannen

3. Family Salience Across Nations: Configurations of Morphological Conditions
Eric D. Widmer, Olga Ganjour

4. Cultural Conceptions of Family as Inhibitors of Change in Family Lives: The ‘Leitbild’ Approach
Detlev Lück, Sabine Diabaté, Kerstin Ruckdeschel

5. The Importance of the Family as an Institution: Findings from an Italian Survey
Sara Mazzucchelli, Giovanna Rossi, Maria Letizia Bosoni

Part II. Family Across the Individual Life Course

6. The Influence of Personal Networks on Decision Making About Family Formation: Has It Changed?
Vida ÄŒesnuitytÄ—

7. Relational Networks of Young Couples and Marriage Choice Paths in Italy: Data on Membership and Influence
Matteo Moscatelli, Donatella Bramanti

8. Rebuilding the Family: Continuity and Change in Family Membership and Relationship Closeness in Post-Separation Situations
Anna-Maija Castrén

9. Coresidence as a Mechanism of Relational Proximity: The Impact of Household Trajectories on the Diversification of Personal Networks
Vasco Ramos, Rita Gouveia, Karin Wall

10. The Impact of Coresidence Trajectories on Personal Networks During Transition to Adulthood: A Comparative Perspective
Gaëlle Aeby, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Rita Gouveia, Vasco Ramos, Karin Wall, Vida Česnuitytė

Part III. Family Practices

11. Why Parents Take Unpaid Parental Leave: Evidence from Spain
Gerardo Meil, Pedro Romero-Balsas, Jesús Rogero-García

12. The Creativity of Mothering: Intensity, Anxiety, and Normative Accountability
Lisa Smyth

13. Farm Fathers and Their Fathers: Flexible Work and Cultural Change
Berit Brandth

14. Conclusion: Changes and Continuities in European Family Lives
Detlev Lück, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuitytė

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Family, European Culture