Reshaping social life /

Irwin, Sarah, 1961,

Reshaping social life / Sarah Irwin. - 1 online resource (207 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [186]-200) and index.

1. Introduction 2. Envisioning social landscapes of interconnection 3. Reshaping difference and interdependence : the transformation of family life and divisions of labour into the twentieth century 4. Contemporary transformations in gender, work and family 5. Disposition and position : norms, attitudes and commitments to children, work and self 6. Life course transitions and the changing landscape of opportunity and constraint --7. Ethnicity and contexts of belonging and exclusion 8. Difference, hierarchy and perceptions of social justice 9. Conclusion.

9780203448953 9781134301393 9781134301348 9781134301386

10.4324/9780203448953 doi


Social change--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

HN385.5 / .I79 2005

305.0941 / I729