The aim of this paper is to explore the significance and meaning given to family transitions: independence from the family of origin, partner relationships, marriage, and parenthood, during the transition to adulthood made by young people in Serbia. After discussing the theoretical issues related to family transitions within a life-course and individualization thesis perspectives, we perform our exploration by interpreting both quantitative and qualitative data related to the practice and normative models of transition to adulthood. We further discuss and explore the centrality of family transitions on a comparative level within the Balkan region. There is a contradiction within family formation trends between their demographic and ideational and relational levels in the region. There is also a crucial difference between the significance of family transitions (which is a common feature) and its diversified meaning. We conclude that various social contexts, the structural and cultural f...actors that influence family formation call for an alternative conceptualization of young people's transitions to adulthood.
Keywords:
young people / transition to parenthood / the Balkans / Serbia / normative models / independence / Family transitions
Source:
Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia, 2010, 20, 1, 27-40
TY - JOUR
AU - Tomanović, Smiljka
AU - Ignjatović, Suzana
PY - 2010
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/994
AB - The aim of this paper is to explore the significance and meaning given to family transitions: independence from the family of origin, partner relationships, marriage, and parenthood, during the transition to adulthood made by young people in Serbia. After discussing the theoretical issues related to family transitions within a life-course and individualization thesis perspectives, we perform our exploration by interpreting both quantitative and qualitative data related to the practice and normative models of transition to adulthood. We further discuss and explore the centrality of family transitions on a comparative level within the Balkan region. There is a contradiction within family formation trends between their demographic and ideational and relational levels in the region. There is also a crucial difference between the significance of family transitions (which is a common feature) and its diversified meaning. We conclude that various social contexts, the structural and cultural factors that influence family formation call for an alternative conceptualization of young people's transitions to adulthood.
PB - Historical Soc Southern Primorska Koper-HSSP, Koper
T2 - Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia
T1 - The significance and meaning of family transitions for young people. The case of Serbia in comparative perspective
EP - 40
IS - 1
SP - 27
VL - 20
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_994
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Tomanović, S.,& Ignjatović, S.. (2010). The significance and meaning of family transitions for young people. The case of Serbia in comparative perspective. in Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia
Historical Soc Southern Primorska Koper-HSSP, Koper., 20(1), 27-40.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_994
Tomanović S, Ignjatović S. The significance and meaning of family transitions for young people. The case of Serbia in comparative perspective. in Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia. 2010;20(1):27-40.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_994 .
Tomanović, Smiljka, Ignjatović, Suzana, "The significance and meaning of family transitions for young people. The case of Serbia in comparative perspective" in Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia, 20, no. 1 (2010):27-40,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_994 .
