<i>‘This volume brings together scholars from around the world to explore partnerships and their many forms over time and place. It is a valuable resource for the field—offering an interdisciplinary lens on the diversity and dynamics of partnerships, their interplay with broader social norms and institutions, and their importance for health and well-being.’</i>

- Kelly Musick, Cornell University, USA,

<i>‘Dimitri Mortelmans, Laura Bernardi, and Brienna Perelli-Harris have crafted a collaborative work brimming with extraordinary academic quality and addressing the fascinating topic of partnering from multiple perspectives. Featuring both established and emerging voices in the field of family demography and sociology, this Research Handbook will make a significant and lasting contribution.’</i>

- Albert Esteve, Center for Demographic Studies and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain,

<i>‘This </i>Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course<i> provides an extraordinarily comprehensive review of current theory and research on partner relationships. Because contemporary data and research on partner relationships is dominated by studies from western wealthy societies, it is especially laudable that the book contains reviews of what we do know about intimate partnerships in other parts of the world.’</i>

- Elizabeth Thomson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and Stockholm University, Sweden,

This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing landscape of human partnerships, integrating diverse theoretical and empirical perspectives. Leading scholars explore the complex interplay between individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks in shaping modern relationships.The Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course is an interdisciplinary collaboration by researchers in demography, sociology, psychology, and law. Chapters discuss marriage, cohabitation and relationships, covering LGBTQ+, long-distance, arranged, polyamorous and living apart together (LAT) partnerships. They address partnerships across the life course, from formation, including online dating and hook-up culture, to break-ups, repartnering, and partnerships in later life. The contributing authors analyse the dynamics within a partnership, focusing on key aspects like sex, money, and children, as well as related factors such as family, health, gender, and migration, along with their impacts. Ultimately, the Research Handbook examines diversity in partnerships across the globe and explores the roles of the economy and the welfare state.Presenting innovative insights on relationship dynamics, this Research Handbook is a crucial resource for students and scholars across the social sciences working on family and gender studies.
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Contents 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course 1 Dimitri Mortelmans, Laura Bernardi and Brienna Perelli-Harris PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PARTNERSHIP 2 Historical perspectives on partnering 14 Rebecca Probert 3 Anthropological perspectives on partnering 24 Julia Pauli 4 Sociological perspectives on partnerships 38 Brienna Perelli-Harris and Sharon Sassler 5 Psychological perspectives on partnering 50 Esther Kluwer and Tea Trillingsgaard PART II PARTNERSHIP DIVERSITY 6 Married and cohabiting partnerships 64 Nicole Hiekel 7 Arranged marriage 76 Keera Allendorf 8 LGBTQ+ partnerships 89 Isabeau Van Acker, Chao Song, Els Elaut and Alexis Dewaele 9 Living apart together 102 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier 10 Polyamory 117 Tonina Liriel Aurel and Cornelia Schadler 11 Being single in the twenty-first century 129 Elyakim Kislev PART III PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE 12 Dating and online partnership formation 141 Gina Potarca 13 Re-partnering across the life course 153 Katya Ivanova 14 Partnerships in later life 165 Pearl A. Dykstra 15 Widowhood and grey divorce 178 Michaela Kreyenfeld and Sarah Schmauk PART IV CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PARTNERSHIPS 16 Parental influences on partner relationships 192 Aart C. Liefbroer 17 Health and partnerships 203 Gerald R. Nowak III and Hui Liu 18 Migration, ethnic diversity, and partnerships 214 Nadja Milewski 19 Biopsychosocial perspectives on close relationships 228 Lane Beckes PART V PROCESSES INSIDE PARTNERSHIPS 20 Money, work, and wealth in partnerships 241 Nicole Kapelle 21 The partnership context of childbearing 254 Júlia Mikolai 22 Relationship quality 265 Jeremy Kanter, Susan Sprecher and Terri Orbuch PART VI PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN SOCIETIES 23 Social stratification and partnerships 279 Diederik Boertien 24 The economy and partnerships 291 Daniele Vignoli and Raffaele Guetto PART VII PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD 25 Partnering in Africa 304 Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Kirsten Stoebenau and Emily Smith-Greenaway 26 Partnering in the Middle East and North Africa 316 Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi 27 Partnering in East Asia 332 Yen-hsin Alice Cheng and Chen-Hao Hsu 28 Partnering in Latin America 347 Pilar Wiegand-Cruz
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781803923376
Publisert
2025-04-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
398

Biographical note

Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK