Rethinking friendship

Rethinking friendship: hidden solidarities today

by Spencer, Liz

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"Rethinking Friendship not only describes the varied nature of personal relationships today, but also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Exploring friendships with partners and family as well as "friends," the book reveals ways in which friends and friendlike ties are an important and unacknowledged source of social glue." "Combining scholarly depth and rich description, this book will appeal to all those interested in in…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Rethinking friendship : hidden solidarities today / Liz Spencer, Ray Pahl.

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"Rethinking Friendship not only describes the varied nature of personal relationships today, but also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Exploring friendships with partners and family as well as "friends," the book reveals ways in which friends and friendlike ties are an important and unacknowledged source of social glue." "Combining scholarly depth and rich description, this book will appeal to all those interested in informal social relationships, including students of methodology and policymakers."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 306 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0691127425, 9780691127422
  • oclc:ocm71785395
  • LC Classification:HM1161
  • Dewey Decimal:302.34

Table of Contents

The fragmentation of social life? -- Capturing personal communities -- The nature of friendship -- Patterns of friend-making -- Friends and family : the case for suffusion -- Personal communities today -- Micro-social worlds in the making -- Hidden solidarities revealed -- Appendix : how we carried out our study.

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Subjects

77.63 social interaction and relations Amitié Communauté communities Community life Friends Friendship sociale relaties Vriendschap

Writers

Spencer, Liz Pahl, R. E., (Raymond Edward)

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