Pathways to adulthood in changing societies: Variability and mechanisms in life course perspective

被引:845
作者
Shanahan, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Human Dev, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Family Studies & Populat Res Inst, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
life course; adulthood; agency; social structure; demography; social stratification;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.667
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
The transition to adulthood has become a thriving area of research in life course studies. This review is organized around two of the held's emerging themes. The first theme is the increasing variability in pathways to adult roles through historical time. The second theme is a heightened sensitivity to transition behaviors as developmental processes. Accounts of such processes typically examine the active efforts of young people to shape their biographies or the socially structured opportunities and limitations that define pathways into adulthood. By joining these concepts, I suggest new lines of inquiry that focus on the interplay between agency and social structures in the shaping of lives.
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页码:667 / 692
页数:26
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