Getting Started: Transition To Adulthood In Great Britain / Edition 1

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:	9780367163327
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/2021
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

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