Getting Started: Transition To Adulthood In Great Britain

by Alan C. Kerckhoff

Overview

This book provides evidence of the significance of a society's structure and normative definitions in giving shape to one part of the life course, examining closely a major period of life course transition, the move from adolescence to adulthood in Great Britain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429722240
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Kerckhoff, Alan C.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Social Mobility and the Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective -- An Overview of the British Educational System -- Conceptualization and Methods of Analysis -- Leaving School and Entering the Labor Force -- Becoming Independent: Leaving Home, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Parenthood -- Settling In: The Early Years in the Labor Force -- Shaping the Life Course -- Appendix