Overview
- Brings together theoretical and methodological perspectives of social networks and life course
- Presents cutting-edge research at the interface of life course and social network studies
- Addresses hypotheses about the role of social relationships in people’s lives and how these social network functions vary over the life course
- Identifies areas for future research studies aimed at gaps in knowledge from both sides of the social networks and life course equation
Part of the book series: Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research (FSSR, volume 2)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Perspectives on Social Networks and the Life Course
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Social Network Perspectives on the Life Course
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Marriage and Family Networks
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Childhood and Adolescent Social Networks
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Gender and Social Networks
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Race and Social Networks
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Keywords
- Life Course Perspectives on Social Networks
- Social Relationships for the Life Course
- Life Course Studies
- Social Networks Perspectives
- Social Relational Networks
- Childhood and Adolescent Social Networks
- Spousal Relationships over the Life Course
- Adolescents’ Life Course Goals
- Gender and Social Networks
- Race and Social Networks
- Adult Wellbeing
- Social Networks and Prison Therapeutic Communities
- Networks and School-Based Prevention Programs
- Inter-Generational Social Networks
About this book
This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks. It focuses on the integration of two subfields of sociology/social science--the life course and social networks. Research practitioners studying social networks typically focus on social structure or social organization, ignoring the complex lives of the people in those networks. At the same time, life course researchers tend to focus on individual lives without necessarily studying the contexts of social relationships in which lives are embedded and “linked” to one another through social networks. These patterns are changing and this book creates an audience of researchers who will better integrate the two subfields. It covers the role of social networks across the life span, from childhood and adolescence, to midlife, through old age.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Duane F. Alwin is the inaugural holder of the Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professorship in Sociology and Demography at Pennsylvania State University, where he directs the Center for Life Course and Longitudinal Studies.
Diane H. Felmlee is Professor of Sociology and Demography and Research Associate in the PopulationResearch Institute at Pennsylvania State University.
Derek A. Kreager is Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Research Associate in the Population Research Institute, and Director of the Justice Center for Research at Pennsylvania State University.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Networks and the Life Course
Book Subtitle: Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks
Editors: Duane F. Alwin, Diane H. Felmlee, Derek A. Kreager
Series Title: Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71544-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71543-8Published: 16 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10072-8Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71544-5Published: 06 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2523-3424
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3432
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 493
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Developmental Psychology, Information Systems and Communication Service