{"id":102,"date":"2013-05-09T19:29:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fs.sociology.su.se\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2015-08-27T11:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T09:54:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/?page_id=102","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='full_width last_column'><h1>About FamiliesAndSocieties<\/h1><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n<div class='full_width last_column'><div class='white'><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #63809d;\">Main objectives<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To investigate the diversity of family forms, relationships, and life courses in Europe<\/li>\n<li>To assess the compatibility of existing policies to family changes<\/li>\n<li>To contribute to evidence-based policy-making<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n<div class='one_half'><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #63809d;\">Our overall conceptual framework<br \/>\nis based on\u00a0three key premises<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Family life courses are becoming more diverse.<\/li>\n<li>The interdependency of lives matters.<\/li>\n<li>Social contexts and policies matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #63809d;\">Building upon these premises we<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the growing complexity\u00a0of family<br \/>\nconfigurations and\u00a0transitions.<\/li>\n<li>Examine their implications for men, women<br \/>\nand children with respect to inequalities<br \/>\nin life\u00a0chances, intergenerational\u00a0relations<br \/>\nand care arrangements.<\/li>\n<li>Investigate how policies address\u00a0family diversity.<\/li>\n<li>Develop short- and longer-term\u00a0projections.<\/li>\n<li>Identify future policy needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class='one_half last_column'><div class='white spacer-top'><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1626 aligncenter\" alt=\"figure1-1\" src=\"http:\/\/fs.sociology.su.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/figure1-1.png\" width=\"455\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Conceptual framework:<br \/>\nSocial processes and social structures\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>shaping inequalities and social well-being<\/em><\/span><\/h6><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n<div class='full_width last_column'><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #63809d;\">Transversal dimensions<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Four transversal dimensions are embedded in the conceptual framework:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender<\/li>\n<li>Culture\u00a0 (ethnic and cultural identities, sexual orientation)<\/li>\n<li>Socioeconomic resources<\/li>\n<li>Life stages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The interactions between these transversals with the fundamental processes shape the outcomes of the diversification of family life courses for individuals and societies; (re-)produce inequalities across the life course and across generations; and shape the policy responses that are appropriate in order to promote positive objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Our work is organized in 12 work packages. <a title=\"[Read more]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/?page_id=110\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu']);\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":104,"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.FamiliesAndSocieties.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}