2001
DOI: 10.1177/0011392101495006
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Families in Europe: A Private and Political Stake - Intimacy and Solidarity

Abstract: Under the influence of the process of individualization in western societies, privatization and plurality of families forms have become dominant. Family is, however, presented as a value rather than a structure as defined in Parsons’s terms. Family is listed by most Europeans as the place where they first seek shelter from the ills of social life, and most Europeans place fidelity as the most important factor to keep couples together. Although family has become a private matter, it remains a political stake fo… Show more

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“…Such intergenerational increase of young OPHs appears to be indicative of a change in life transitions within adulthood: from a residential independence highly associated with living together in a couple (married couple in the specific case of Spain;Baizan et al 2003;Holdsworth 2005), to one in which solo living gradually gains ground. No doubt, this fact may have partly to do with the democratization of personal life and privacy (Skolnick 1991;Giddens 1992) or a new emotional order based on a reconfiguration of intimate relationships and reciprocities, of which solo living would be a structural consequence (Bawin-Legros 2001, 2004. Another argument along these lines is a sort of rational utilitarianism which leads people to opt for individualism and its residential consequence: advantages of solo living (freedom of choice and diversity in outlook and approach to life) versus the disadvantages of family life (with the countless limitations and personal sacrifices involved; De Julios 1995).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such intergenerational increase of young OPHs appears to be indicative of a change in life transitions within adulthood: from a residential independence highly associated with living together in a couple (married couple in the specific case of Spain;Baizan et al 2003;Holdsworth 2005), to one in which solo living gradually gains ground. No doubt, this fact may have partly to do with the democratization of personal life and privacy (Skolnick 1991;Giddens 1992) or a new emotional order based on a reconfiguration of intimate relationships and reciprocities, of which solo living would be a structural consequence (Bawin-Legros 2001, 2004. Another argument along these lines is a sort of rational utilitarianism which leads people to opt for individualism and its residential consequence: advantages of solo living (freedom of choice and diversity in outlook and approach to life) versus the disadvantages of family life (with the countless limitations and personal sacrifices involved; De Julios 1995).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esta realidade é representada socialmente como uma vida desregrada, que pode contribuir para a estagnação e o declínio profissional. Uma forma de evitar essa condição é via o recasamento, mesmo que a experiência anterior não tenha sido exitosa (Silva, 2009).…”
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“…Com os dados obtidos, verificou-se que a RS da conjugalidade é constituída por objetos de representações (Sá, 1993) como família, casamento, amor e, também, gênero. Sendo assim, o campo representacional da conjugalidade que seria constituído por diversos elementos que lhe dão significados (Moscovici, 1961), configura-se como um sistema de representações (Silva, 2009). Um sistema de representações pode ser entendido como um conhecimento socialmente partilhado formado por um conjunto de objetos representacionais, que, por sua vez, são constituídos por um conjunto de elementos representacionais.…”
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