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Changing Relations: Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition
Contributor(s): Goodwin, Robin (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521842042     ISBN-13: 9780521842044
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $69.34  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Synthesis of contemporary debates in psychology, sociology and political science on coping with change and its impact on close relationships.

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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
Dewey: 302.34
LCCN: 2008032134
Series: Advances in Personal Relationships
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" L (1.10 lbs) 246 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 01/30/2009 pg. 21
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Goodwin, Robin: - Robin Goodwin is professor of social psychology at Brunel University, West London. A winner of the New Faculty (Steve Duck) Prize by the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, he is associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, associate editor at the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and past chair of the publications committee for the International Network on Personal Relationships.
 
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