Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

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1 Introduction 1
Eric D. Widmer, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Karin Wall,
Vida Česnuitytė, and Rita Gouveia

2 Contextualising Personal Networks Across Birth Cohorts
and Countries 19
Vasco Ramos, Vida Česnuitytė, Karin Wall, and
Dominique Joye

3 A First Portrait of Personal Networks in a Comparative
Perspective 61
Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė

4 Changing Meanings of Family in Personal Relationships:
A Comparative Perspective 99
Karin Wall, Rita Gouveia, Gaëlle Aeby, and Vida Česnuitytė

5 Mapping the Plurality of Personal Configurations 131
Gaëlle Aeby, Eric D. Widmer, Vida Česnuitytė, and Rita
Gouveia

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