Introduction -- Envisioning social landscapes of interconnection -- Reshaping difference and interdependence : the transformation of family life and divisions of labour into the twentieth century -- Contemporary transformations in gender, work and family -- Disposition and position : norms, attitudes and commitments to children, work and self -- Life course transitions and the changing landscape of opportunity and constraint -- Ethnicity and contexts of belonging and exclusion -- Difference, hierarchy and perceptions of social justice -- Conclusion.
