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This open access book provides a unique research perspective on life course transitions. Here, transitions are understood as social processes and practices. Leveraging the recent “practice turn” in the social sciences, the contributors analyze how life course transitions are “done.” This book introduces the concept of “doing transitions” and its implications for theories and methods. It presents fresh empirical research on “doing transitions” in different life phases (e.g., childhood, young adulthood, later life) and life domains (e.g., education, work, family, health, migration). It also emphasizes themes related to institutions and organizations, time and normativity, materialities (such as bodies, spaces, and artifacts), and the reproduction of social inequalities in education and welfare. In coupling this new perspective with empirical illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for scholars from demography, sociology, psychology, social work and other scientific fields, as well as for students, counselors and practitioners, and policymakers.

Sociology --- Society & social sciences --- Population & demography --- Transitions in the life course --- Life course and biography --- Transitions as social practice --- Doing difference and social inequalities --- Social inclusion and exclusion --- Doing transitions in the life course --- Discoursive articulation of transitions in the life course --- Institutional regulation of the life course --- Individual coping with life course transitions --- Education and the life course --- Welfare and the life course --- Doing gender in the life course --- Migration and transitions --- Transitions from education to work --- Relational research perspectives

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Criminology. --- Developmental psychology. --- Life cycle, Human. --- Crime --- Criminal career patterns. --- Life-Course Transition. --- Longitudinal studies --- Kriminologi. --- Brottslighet. --- Livsstilar. --- Longitudinella undersökningar. --- Sociological aspects. --- Stockholm Life-Course Project. --- Europa. --- Förenta staterna. --- Australien. --- Longitudinal studies. --- Longitudinal Studies.

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This open access book examines how families and other social institutions interact to shape outcomes over the life course. It considers how to use research evidence to reduce social disadvantage through translation of evidence to support public policies and programs. The chapters focus on key life course stages such as early child development, adolescence, emerging adulthood, parenting, marriage, relationships and ageing, as well as examining experiences and outcomes for selected social groups such as Indigenous children, migrants and refugees, and gay, lesbian and bisexual groups. The book presents evidence using high-quality and recent data. With a focus on Australia, the volume provides new insights into how context shapes life course pathways and outcomes and a contrast to work that typically focuses on Europe and the United States. It will be of value to anyone interested in understanding how family background and life course pathways influence social disadvantage.

Life cycle, Human. --- Sociology. --- Social groups. --- Life Course. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Human life cycle --- Life stages, Human --- Lifecycle, Human --- Human growth --- Life cycles (Biology) --- Maturation (Psychology) --- Developmental psychology --- Family dynamics in Australia --- Life course transitions in Australia --- Gender inequality in Australia --- Child development in Australia --- Parenting practices and outcomes in Australia --- Families, relationships and wellbeing --- Social and economic inequality --- Families and social disadvantage --- Refugee and culturally diverse families --- LGBTIQ+ families --- Life course and labour market participation --- Ageing and loneliness in the life course --- Social policy on families in Australia --- Emerging directions in life course research --- Life course and education --- Life course and Indigenous families

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence on two cohorts of children, aged from 1 to 15 and from 8 to 22. It examines how poverty affects children’s development in low and middle income countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives, then goes on to show when key developmental differences occur. It uses new evidence to develop a framework of what matters most and when and outlines effective policy approaches to inform the no-one left behind Sustainable Development Goal agenda.

Child development --- Poverty --- Social aspects --- Child poverty --- Ethiopia --- India --- Inequality/inequalities --- Life course --- Millennium Development Goals --- Peru --- Sustainable development goals --- Vietnam

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This volume unpacks the phenomenon of skipped generation households—where children live with their grandparents and without their parents—as they become an increasingly common family dynamic in Nigeria and globally. The skipped generation household's emergence in sub-Saharan Africa has been driven by factors including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, labour-based migration, and ethno-religious conflicts. By examining the data from a national study on skipped generation households in Nigeria, contributions track benefits, opportunities, and effects associated with growing up in these households. Details including academic performance and career aspirations for grandchildren, as well as social-psychological and physical well-being of both them and their grandparents, are explored.

Sociology. --- Social groups. --- Life cycle, Human. --- Age distribution (Demography). --- Social structure. --- Equality. --- Public health. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Life Course. --- Aging Population. --- Social Structure. --- Public Health.