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- Lynn Jamieson
- University of Edinburgh, UK
- Roona Simpson
- University of Glasgow, UK
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Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Introduction
Living Alone, Life Course and Life Transitions
Home, Consumption and Identity
Networks, Community and Place
Reviews
"Living Alone sets out to investigate the rising incidence of solo-living against a background of research on households that assumes the multi-person household as a unit of analysis. Furthermore, it aims to challenge and deconstruct normative assumptions about solo-living narrating the diverse trajectories, lived experiences and biographies of those living alone. By locating this within broader sociological theories concerned on the one hand with the rise of individualism, and on the other hand with community and sociality, the book presents a nuanced picture of an often stereotyped and misunderstood household arrangement." - BSA Sociology Journal
"Lynn Jamieson and Roona Simpson offer the most comprehensive review and analysis of solo living to date'. - Bella de Paulo, Project Scientist, University of California, USA
Authors and Affiliations
University of Edinburgh, UK
Lynn Jamieson
University of Glasgow, UK
Roona Simpson
About the authors
Author Lynn Jamieson: Lynn Jamieson is Professor of Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and is a founding director of the interdisciplinary consortium, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Her publications include a second edition of Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies.
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Bibliographic Information
- Book Title: Living Alone
- Book Subtitle: Globalization, Identity and Belonging
- Authors: Lynn Jamieson, Roona Simpson
- Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318527
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
- eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
- Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27192-0Published: 19 September 2013
- Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32291-6Published: 01 January 2013
- eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31852-7Published: 19 September 2013
- Series ISSN: 2731-6440
- Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
- Edition Number: 1
- Number of Pages: XV, 305
- Topics: Political Science, Gender Studies, Family, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Sociology, general, Urban Studies/Sociology