The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-
normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting …

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first
serious sociological studies to examine women's work in the home. She interviewed 40 …

Shared housing in the private rental sector (PRS) is becoming a globally significant
household arrangement. However, research indicates that shared housing is associated …

In context of diminishing housing affordability, shared renting has acquired new salience in
recent years, especially for single young-adults. Public discourses often pose shared renting …

The economy is entrenched in the domestic and the domestic enables the economy. We
consider this dialectical relationship between the economy and 'home'through a case study …

Young adults in the Western world have adapted to financial constraint by sharing
accommodation and combining resources. Far from traditional stigma associated with these …

What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships? This
book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the …

Across high-income economies, more urbanites live longer on their own, in non-family
households, than ever before. Solo dwellers amount to 39%, 28%, 24% and 34% of all …

Although geographers have long argued that time and space are interwoven in everyday
life, far less attention has been paid to complex and multiplex connections among temporal …

COVID-19 is re-shaping cities and regions, as residents respond to large disruptions to
employment and social interaction and threats to public health. While the impacts of COVID …