A Companion to Life Course Studies: The Social and Historical Context of the British Birth Cohort Studies

by John Bynner

Book Overview

Since the end of the Second World War, society has been characterised by rapid and extensive political, economic, scientific, and technological change. Opportunities for education, employment, human relations, and good health, have all been greatly affected by those changes, as have all aspects of life. Consequently, each post-war generation has been like no other before or since.

Britain, uniquely, has five large-scale life course studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138019844
• ISBN13: 9781138019843
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"