Social Relations and the Life Course

Introduction; G.Allan & G.Jones Gender and Generation: Changing Pension Inequalities Over Time; S.Arber PART ONE: CHILDREN AND PARENTS Past/Present/Future: Time and the Meaning of Change in the Family; V.Giles, J.Holland & J.Ribbens McCarthy 'The Never-Ending Story': Children's Gaze and the Unresolved Narrative of Their Parents' Divorce; J.Duncombe & D.Marsden Researching Childhood: Time, Memory and Method; R.Thomson, J.Holland, S.Henderson, S.McGrellis & S.Sharpe PART TWO: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD FORMATION Young Motherhood: Family Transmission or Family Transitions?; S.Cheesbrough Young Adults' Household Formation: Individualisation, Identity and Home; L.Kenyon Negotiating Difference: Lesbian and Gay Transitions to Adulthood; G.Valentine; S.McNamee, T.Skelton & R.Butler Single, Twenty-Something and Seeking?; L.Jamieson; R.Stewart, Y.Li M.Anderson, F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone PART THREE: REFORMULATIONS Making it Their Home: In-migration, Time, Social Change and Belonging in a Rural Community; C.Maclean Family and Community Ties in Space and Time; F.Devine, N.Joanne Britton, P.Halfpenny & R.Mellor 'If you had a whole year of weekends it would be a very long day': Situating and Assessing Time in the Context of Paid and Unpaid Work; E.Fairhurst How Brief an Encounter? Time and Relationships, Pure or Otherwise; D.H.J.Morgan