Work, Family and Commuting in Europe - The Lives of Euro-Commuters

Informationen zum Autor David Ralph is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Klappentext Euro-commuters' have emerged as a new group of migrants since the onset of the economic crisis in the EU. These people work in one country but live in another. This book analyses the characteristics of these migrants, their motivations and how commuting influences their personal, family and social lives. Zusammenfassung Euro-commuters' have emerged as a new group of migrants since the onset of the economic crisis in the EU. These people work in one country but live in another. This book analyses the characteristics of these migrants! their motivations and how commuting influences their personal! family and social lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Framing Commuter Couples 3. Euro-commuting Motives, Decision-making, and Gender 4. Weekdays 5. Weekends 6. Conclusion and Future Directions

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Framing Commuter Couples 3. Euro-commuting Motives, Decision-making, and Gender 4. Weekdays 5. Weekends 6. Conclusion and Future Directions

Product details

• Authors: D Ralph, D. Ralph, David Ralph
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2014
• EAN: 9781137449450
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44945-0
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, C, Cultural Studies, Family, Social groups, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: work & labour, families, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Human Geography, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, Ethnology—Europe, European Culture, Families—Social aspects, Human Migration, Population and migration geography