Overview

In recent years the factors influencing young people's transition to adulthood have become much more problematic. This edited collection of papers from Pennsylvania State University's fifth annual Family Symposium explores the main issues involved in this transition, such as the widening gap between rich and poor, downsizing, global competition, and technological change. These factors have made jobs scarce in many areas, especially inner cities, and have profoundly affected family formation, making cohabitation, delays in marriage and parenthood, and prolonged residence with parents, the life choices of many young adults. These and other issues are explored by scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, who focus on four main questions: alterations in the structure of opportunity, prior experiences in the family, prior experiences in the workplace, and career development and marriage formation.

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Author:   Alan Booth ,  Ann C. Crouter ,  Michael J. Shanahan ,  Michael J. Shanahan (Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.653kg
ISBN:  

9780275962388

ISBN 10:   0275962385
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 March 1999
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface How Have Alterations in the Structure of Opportunity Affected Transitions to Adulthood? How Has the Changing Structure of Opportunities Affected Transitions to Adulthood? by Martha S. Hill and W. Jean Yeung Twenty-something: Down and Out in the Other America? by J. Lawrence Aber Alterations in the Opportunity Structure: A Criminological Perspective by John H. Laub Sure, I'd Like to Get Married…Some Day by Lynn White How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transition to Adulthood? by Kelly Mussick and Larry Bumpass Marital Conflict, Parent-Child Relationships, Gender, and Outcomes for Young Adults in Families by Martha Cox Family Inputs and the Transition to Adulthood by Ronald Rindfuss Values and Beliefs as Determinants of Outcomes in Children's Lives by William G. Axinn, Jennifer S. Barber, and Arland Thornton How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitons to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitions to Adulthood? by Jeylan Mortimer, Carolyn Harley, and Pamela J. Aronson What Work Fosters Adolescent Development? by Steven Hamilton Rethinking the Young Adult Life Stage: Prolonged Dependency as an Adaptive Strategy by William Aquilino Having the Time of Their Lives: All Work and No Play? by Wayne Osgood Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? by Valerie K. Oppenheimer and Alisa Lewin When History Is Omitted by John Modell Sequence and Timing among Young Adult Transitions: The Impact of Poverty on Developmental Course by Julia Graber Changing Marital Patterns: Consequences of Economic Distress? by Sheldon Danziger The Economics of Young Adulthood: One Future or Two? by Jennifer Tanner and Scott Yabiku Index

Reviews

Scholars interested in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, work and family, ethnicity, and policy will find this book a stimulating read. Both junior and senior researchers will find good models of life course analysis. Some chapters may be suitable for advanced undergraduates. Consistent with the life course perspective's sensitivity to context, the publication of this book is timely, given media coverage of declining family values, adult children rebounding home, McJobs, and the Generation-X workforce. -Contemporary Sociology This book is a welcome addition to the literature and represents an essential tool for researchers interested in the subject of contemporary transitions to adulthood. Moreover, because the authors represent a wide variety of perspectives, the book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, family studies, and social demography. -Journal of Marriage and the Family ?This book is a welcome addition to the literature and represents an essential tool for researchers interested in the subject of contemporary transitions to adulthood. Moreover, because the authors represent a wide variety of perspectives, the book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, family studies, and social demography.?-Journal of Marriage and the Family ?Scholars interested in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, work and family, ethnicity, and policy will find this book a stimulating read. Both junior and senior researchers will find good models of life course analysis. Some chapters may be suitable for advanced undergraduates. Consistent with the life course perspective's sensitivity to context, the publication of this book is timely, given media coverage of declining family values, adult children rebounding home, McJobs, and the Generation-X workforce.?-Contemporary Sociology

"?Scholars interested in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, work and family, ethnicity, and policy will find this book a stimulating read. Both junior and senior researchers will find good models of life course analysis. Some chapters may be suitable for advanced undergraduates. Consistent with the life course perspective's sensitivity to context, the publication of this book is timely, given media coverage of declining family values, adult children rebounding home, McJobs, and the Generation-X workforce.?-Contemporary Sociology ?This book is a welcome addition to the literature and represents an essential tool for researchers interested in the subject of contemporary transitions to adulthood. Moreover, because the authors represent a wide variety of perspectives, the book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, family studies, and social demography.?-Journal of Marriage and the Family ""This book is a welcome addition to the literature and represents an essential tool for researchers interested in the subject of contemporary transitions to adulthood. Moreover, because the authors represent a wide variety of perspectives, the book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, family studies, and social demography.""-Journal of Marriage and the Family ""Scholars interested in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, work and family, ethnicity, and policy will find this book a stimulating read. Both junior and senior researchers will find good models of life course analysis. Some chapters may be suitable for advanced undergraduates. Consistent with the life course perspective's sensitivity to context, the publication of this book is timely, given media coverage of declining family values, adult children rebounding home, McJobs, and the Generation-X workforce.""-Contemporary Sociology"

?Scholars interested in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, work and family, ethnicity, and policy will find this book a stimulating read. Both junior and senior researchers will find good models of life course analysis. Some chapters may be suitable for advanced undergraduates. Consistent with the life course perspective's sensitivity to context, the publication of this book is timely, given media coverage of declining family values, adult children rebounding home, McJobs, and the Generation-X workforce.?-Contemporary Sociology

Author Information

ALAN BOOTH is Professor of Sociology and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. He is former editor of the Journal of Marriage and the Family. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books, including Generation at Risk: Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval (with Paul Amata, 1997). ANN C. CROUTER is Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. Her interests focus on the ways in which parents' work circumstances influence childrearing and the development of school-aged children and adolescents. She is Deputy Editor of Journal of Marriage and the Family and has published several articles and books, including Pathways through Adolescence: Individual Development in Relation to Social Contexts (with L.J. Crockett, 1995). MICHAEL J. SHANAHAN is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His research reflects an interest in economic change and individual development and includes studies of children in poverty, adolescent work experiences, and historical patterns in adult attainment. He is coeditor of Comparisons in Human Development: Understanding Time and Context (with J. Tudge and J. Valsiner, 1996).

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