Extending Families: The Social Networks of Parents and Their Children

by Moncrieff Cochran, David Riley, Mary Larner

Book Overview

How do personal networks evolve and what roles do they play for parents, and for the development of children? Can these ties with relatives, neighbours, and friends provide stability for family members during periods of disruption caused by divorce, unemployment, geographic dislocation or serious illness? How do networks change over time? To what extent are network members interchangeable; can unrelated friends take the place of close relatives? These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521445868
• ISBN13: 9780521445863
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"