This thesis looks at individuals who have chosen to remain childless. It is based mainly on personal accounts, but also uses quantitative data to gauge the extent of the phenomenon. The thesis pursues two main objectives. The first is to view the refusal of parenthood as a sociological object, in terms of its capacity to shed light on the normative and contradictory injunctions of French society. This second is to grasp, in an overall perspective, the reasons why individuals choose not to become parents, the rationality of their choice and their engagement in a process of deviation from the norm of family formation. On the basis of biographical interviews conducted with persons concerned by this question, the thesis reconstitutes the way in...
Programme doctoral en SociologieOnly 4.4% of French students are parents: who are they? From a Frenc...
URL des Documents de travail :http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/cesdp/CESFramDP2007.htmDocuments de travail ...
Young parents in torment. Coping strategies and managing parenthood norms at the arrival of the firs...
Avec la généralisation de la contraception (principalement féminine) durant la seconde moitié...
Accessible en ligne sur le site de la CAFNational audienceMost European countries have now a low fer...
Since the 1980s, there is an upward trend in late fertility in Western countries and there are also ...
The decision to have a child : a constrained freedom. The context of childbearing has changed radica...
International audienceThe legalization of contraception and abortion in the 1970s in France makes it...
In France, as in all European countries, the birth of a first child has been increasingly delayed o...
This article compares the representation of voluntary childlessness in two recent literary texts: Li...
Contemporary society is characterized by a high rate of divorce. This raises the concern of the auth...
Becoming a parent. Young couples between projections and norms. This article examines family defini...
In France, as in all European countries, the birth of a first child has been increasingly delayed ov...
Programme doctoral en SociologieOnly 4.4% of French students are parents: who are they? From a Frenc...
URL des Documents de travail :http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/cesdp/CESFramDP2007.htmDocuments de travail ...
Young parents in torment. Coping strategies and managing parenthood norms at the arrival of the firs...
Avec la généralisation de la contraception (principalement féminine) durant la seconde moitié...
Accessible en ligne sur le site de la CAFNational audienceMost European countries have now a low fer...
Since the 1980s, there is an upward trend in late fertility in Western countries and there are also ...
The decision to have a child : a constrained freedom. The context of childbearing has changed radica...
International audienceThe legalization of contraception and abortion in the 1970s in France makes it...
In France, as in all European countries, the birth of a first child has been increasingly delayed o...
This article compares the representation of voluntary childlessness in two recent literary texts: Li...
Contemporary society is characterized by a high rate of divorce. This raises the concern of the auth...
Becoming a parent. Young couples between projections and norms. This article examines family defini...
In France, as in all European countries, the birth of a first child has been increasingly delayed ov...
Programme doctoral en SociologieOnly 4.4% of French students are parents: who are they? From a Frenc...
URL des Documents de travail :http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/cesdp/CESFramDP2007.htmDocuments de travail ...
Young parents in torment. Coping strategies and managing parenthood norms at the arrival of the firs...