标题:ON ANNE LISE ELLINGSÆTER,AN-MAGRITT JENSEN AND MERETE LIE’S,THE SOCIAL MEANING OF CHILDREN AND FERTILITY CHANGE IN EUROPE (2013,ROUTLEDGE/ESA STUDIES IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES,PP. 188.)
期刊名称:Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
印刷版ISSN:2061-5558
电子版ISSN:2062-087X
出版年度:2015
卷号:6
期号:1
页码:171-181
语种:English
出版社:Corvinus University of Budapest
摘要:The authors of this volume investigate the issue of fertility using a new approach; they do not focus on the causes of the downward trend in births in Europe but they rather pose questions about the decision-making processes that affect the childbearing habits of young adults. The primary questions (namely,why people do have children,and what do these children mean to them?) spur the different lines of inquiry in the book. These questions are based on the following statement: “.our empirical studies of the transition to parenthood in Europe are embedded with the notion of the ‘social meaning of children’” (p. 1). Consequently,the aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive understanding of reproductive choices and shed some light on their diverse and complex nature in Europe through investigating the meaning of children from different approaches and by diverse methods.