Changing Relations: Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521842044)

In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on our everyday relationships? How do modernisation processes influence our broader values, and how might these then affect our desires to marry, have a family and develop our social networks? And how do sudden events in a society - invasions, civil conflict, terrorist attacks, collapse of a political system - influence our relationship decisions and processes? In this book Goodwin critically reviews the literature on modernisation and contemporary relationships, challenging simplistic conclusions about the 'end of intimacy' and the inevitable decline of personal commitment. Reviewing work from across the globe, he also contends that adaptation to rapid change is moderated by individual, social class and cultural variations, with consequently differing impacts on everyday relations. In doing so he brings together contemporary debates in psychology, sociology and the political sciences on coping with social change and its impact on personal relations.

Author: Robin Goodwin
ISBN-10: 0521842042
ISBN-13: 9780521842044
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2008
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/30/2009 pg. 21