出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：This paper tackles an issue somehow overlooked in sociological analysis of detraditionalization and social change: namely, the important role played by older persons in both processes. Older persons are leaving attitudes and behaviors deeply rooted in traditional Spanish society; moreover, they are developing completely modern ways of thinking and doing, as it is reflected in their life styles. Through a mixed methodological strategy —including secondary data analysis and focus groups—, we argue that the growing number of unipersonal homes linked to social modernization in the Western world affects not only to youth and adults but to elder headed homes too. More and more older persons decide to live alone because they claim greater autonomy and they are committed as never before to manage their own destiny and to avoid that anyone else decides on their behalf how they should live their lives.
