Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847428606 ISBN 13 : 9781847428608

Editeur : Policy Press, 2012

Synopsis

This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. It addresses the conceptual issue of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions in general and raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Biography and turning points in Europe and America is all the more distinctive and significant due to its broad empirical database. The anthology includes authors from ten different countries, providing a number of contexts for thinking about how turning points relate to constructions of meaning shaped by globalization and by cultural and structural meanings unique to each country. The book will be useful across a wide range of social sciences and particularly valuable for researchers needing a stronger theoretical base for biographical work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Feiwel Kupferberg (Ph.D.) is Professor of Education at Malmo University, Sweden. Karla B. Hackstaff (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Northern Arizona University, USA. Catherine Negroni (Ph.D) is Associate Professor at University of Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, and a member of laboratory CLERSE (Center of Lille in studies and research in sociology and economy).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847428606
• ISBN 13: 9781847428608
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Hackstaff Karla B., Kupferberg Feiwel, Negroni Catherine
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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