Families in Converging Europe

Oinonen, Eriikka

doi:10.1057/9780230583146

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“…In Finland, education is free of charge at every level. In 2004, 46 per cent of all students in post-compulsory schools and 57 per cent of university students worked while studying, and the fi gures have climbed rapidly (Statistics Finland, 2006); working while studying is more regular in Finland than in Spain (Oinonen, 2004). For young people aged 20-29 years, the main source of funding is regular, paid work.…”

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“…These numbers show that Finnish young people move away at a young age. Comparative statistics suggest that young people in the Nordic countries generally tend to leave home earlier than those in southern and eastern Europe (Wallace and Kovatcheva, 1998;Oinonen, 2004).…”

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“…Oinonen, 2004). Parents of some of them had divorced or one of them had died, and they had different kinds of new family formations with or without siblings or half siblings.…”

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“…The context of this article is Finland, a welfare state with important social benefi ts for young people, at least when compared to some countries in southern Europe (Oinonen, 2004). We trace selected young people's paths to adulthood, the focus being on their relationship with parents.…”

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“…Family situations of our interviewees varied, refl ecting the general patterns within contemporary Finnish society (cf. Oinonen, 2004). Parents of some of them had divorced or one of them had died, and they had different kinds of new family formations with or without siblings or half siblings.…”

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Resources and (in(ter))dependence

Lahelma

Gordon

2008

YOUNG

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The lives of young people are lived in the context of social changes associated with neo-liberal politics. In neo-liberalism, individuals are considered autonomous units who steer their own futures, and the transition from youth into adulthood is understood as a change from dependence into independence from family ties. It has been assumed that autonomy is the endpoint of this development. Yet this approach has turned out to be too restricted. Several studies suggest that the family still remains a signifi cant component in the social, educational, emotional and material lives of young people. Parents are important resources in young people's paths to adulthood.In this article, we discuss changing refl ections of young Finnish women and men on their relationships with their parents. We analyze parents as providers of material resources, as well as emotional and social ones, in order to facilitate the transition to adulthood. We suggest that whilst young people are willing to move from semi-dependence to independence in relation to material resources, in emotional and social terms they strive for interdependence. We came to know these young people in an ethnographic study when they began secondary school. This article draws from re-interviews with the same young people at the ages of 17-18 and 19-20.

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Section: The Finnish Contextmentioning

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Section: The Finnish Contextmentioning

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“…Oinonen, 2004). Parents of some of them had divorced or one of them had died, and they had different kinds of new family formations with or without siblings or half siblings.…”

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