Structure, Agency, and the Space Between: On the Challenges and Contradictions of a Blended View of the Life Course

Settersten, Richard A.; Gannon, Lynn M.

doi:10.1016/s1040-2608(05)10001-x

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“…Life stage highlights the unique impact of the recession on different age cohorts and the variable long-term cumulative advantages and disadvantages (Dannefer, 2003;Farraro & Shippee, 2009;O'Rand, 2009) of recessionary times for different age cohorts. The concept of agency-in-structure (Settersten, 2003a;Settersten & Gannon, 2005) stresses the tension between individual action and the constraints of the social world and has significant potential for spanning the macro-micro divide.…”

Section: Age Relations and Intergenerational Tiesmentioning

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Age Relations and Family Ties Over the Life Course: Spanning the Macro–Micro Divide

Connidis

2014

Research in Human Development

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A common divide between macro-and microlevel analyses of family ties and aging separates what happens inside and outside families over the life course. This macro-micro divide, its shortcomings, and possible resolutions are discussed in the context of the recession and economic downturn that began in 2007. Conceptual frameworks that facilitate a multilevel analysis are explored and applied to macrolevel structured social relations, mesolevel social institutions, and microlevel interpersonal relations. The impact of and response to the recession occurs at all three levels; and yet, there is often a disconnect among the recession's repercussions, public and private-sector responses to it, and the efforts made within families to negotiate new circumstances. The value of spanning the macro-micro divide to complement individual adaptation with supportive policy responses in government and the workplace is discussed.

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Section: Age Relations and Intergenerational Tiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Age Relations and Family Ties Over the Life Course: Spanning the Macro–Micro Divide

Connidis

2014

Research in Human Development

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“…On the other hand, corporatist welfare states like Germany are more active in providing housing support for different social groups: housing programs facilitate young couples and young families leaving the parental home in the course of family formation. For young adults in general, subsidized rental accommodation makes their decision to leave the parental home independent of economic constraint (Mulder, Clark, and Wagner 2002 (Kohli 1985: 24), resulting in greater variation in life course transitions based on individual positions in the social structure, preferences, or life circumstances (Cherlin 2004;Settersten and Gannon 2009). Collectivistic cultures should show greater life course standardization and hence lower variability; i.e., stages in the life course should follow a highly predictable order and the timing of transitions should be less affected by individual preferences and situational circumstances.…”

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How kinship systems and welfare regimes shape leaving home: A comparative study of the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and China

Nauck¹,

Gröpler²,

Chen³

2017

DemRes

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OBJECTIVEThis paper aims to explain societal differences in the event of leaving the parental home as part of the transition to adulthood, in the United States, Germany, China, and Taiwan. It proposes bridge hypotheses between societal characteristics such as kinship system and welfare regime and home-leaving behavior, and tests them with nationally representative panel studies. METHODSFour panel studies (NLSY97 for the USA; PAIRFAM for Germany; CFPS for China; TYP for Taiwan) were harmonized for similar cohorts, with an age span of 15 to 30 years. Testing was based on age-specific tabulations of household composition and separate discrete-time event history models. RESULTSThe prevalence of home-leaving is highest in the United States, followed by Germany, China, and then Taiwan. Timing is earlier in the United States than in Germany, and earlier in China than in Taiwan. Gender-specific coincidence of home-leaving with entry into higher education, the work force, cohabitation, and marriage can be conclusively related to differences in kinship system and welfare regime, and regional opportunity disparities.

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“…Dans la plupart de ces analyses, le contexte culturel général sert de toile de fond pour comprendre ces changements sociaux. Rares sont celles qui portent particulièrement sur les aspects plus symboliques et culturels de cette période du parcours de vie, pourtant d'importance (Settersten et Gannon 2005). Cette transition entre l'adolescence et l'âge adulte est le lieu d'émergences et de multiplications des engagements tant dans la vie publique (travail, participation citoyenne) que dans la vie privée.…”

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Devenir adulte : le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes de la diaspora palestinienne au Canada

Gaudet

Hird-Younger

Thériault

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Dans cet article, les auteurs explorent le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes adultes de la diaspora palestinienne canadienne. En sociologie de la jeunesse, peu de recherches s’intéressent au rapport à la religion des jeunes au cours du processus d’entrée dans l’âge adulte. Pourtant, la religion occupe un rôle important dans la vie de plusieurs jeunes, notamment celle de jeunes immigrants. Nos résultats préliminaires suggèrent que si ces jeunes expérimentent l’injonction à « répondre de soi » que vivent les autres jeunes des sociétés post-industrielles, s’ajoute pour eux une négociation avec les aspects culturels et cultuels de la religion dans leur construction identitaire.In this article, the authors explore the role of religion in the identity construction of Palestinian diaspora youth in Canada. Little research has been done in the sociology of youth on the role of religion in the course of the transition towards adulthood. Yet religion plays an important role in the lives of many young people, particularly young immigrants. Our preliminary results suggest that these youths feel obliged to “speak for themselves», an issue also faced by other youth in post-industrial societies. Young Palestinian immigrants, moreover, negotiate the cultural and religious aspects of Islam in the construction of their identities

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Structure, Agency, and the Space Between: On the Challenges and Contradictions of a Blended View of the Life Course

Cited by 84 publications

References 21 publications

Age Relations and Family Ties Over the Life Course: Spanning the Macro–Micro Divide

Age Relations and Family Ties Over the Life Course: Spanning the Macro–Micro Divide

How kinship systems and welfare regimes shape leaving home: A comparative study of the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and China

Devenir adulte : le rapport à la religion dans la construction identitaire des jeunes de la diaspora palestinienne au Canada

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