Emeritus Professor in Social Policy, University of Bradford
I have particular research interests in families, relationships, and personal life.
Recent research considers weddings as individualised conformity, living apart together (LAT), agency and bricolage, personal life in the 1950s, and the gap between assumptions and the realities of teenage motherhood.
My latest book (with Julia Carter) ‘Reinventing couples: Tradition, agency and bricolage’ presents a fresh approach to understanding changes and continuities in personal life.
Why more couples are choosing to live apart
Jan 06, 2020 16:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
For many couples, moving in together signifies a big step in the relationship. Traditionally, this meant marriage, although nowadays most cohabit before getting married, or splitting up. But there is a third choice: living...
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