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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, new questions and research topics, and need for novel approaches and methodologies are constantly emerging in family sociology studies. The aim of The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe is to provide an overview of topical themes and current developments in this research field in order to better understand family and intimate lives in contemporary European societies. The chapter introduces and narrowly discusses the main topics covered in the Handbook: researching families and intimate lives, including theoretical and methodological trends; welfare state and family policy regimes; families as relationships; parental arrangements, parenting and child well-being; family lives in the mass migration context; family trajectories and (un)linking lives over time and place.
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Crespi, I. et al. (2021). Introduction. In: Castrén, AM., et al. The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73306-3_1
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