Books in the Advances in Life Course Research series

These papers gather together observations at a macro-social level about the changing nature of lives in Western societies. They examine how the lives of women and men may be changing across countries, as part of a more general process of modernization.

This volume seeks to produce a cohesive source of information on socialization and the life course. It advances theory and research related to socialization during specific periods of adult life or across adulthood.

Covers theoretical analyses, reviews, policy analyses and positions and theory-based empirical papers on issues involving various aspects of the human life course.

A wide-ranging source of information on the life courses of children and youths. Contributions reflect, amongst other things: demographic analyses and projections; dualitative aspects of children's lives; and children and youth in historical and cross-cultural perspective.