OBJECTIVES To compare spatial inequalities in life expectancy (LE) in West Central Scotland (WCS) with nine other postindustrial European regions. DESIGN A cross-sectional observational study. SETTING WCS and nine other postindustrial regions across Europe. PARTICIPANTS Data for WCS and nine other comparably deindustrialised European regions were analysed. Male and female LEs at birth wer...

The goal of the present study is to explore the circumstances in Thailand under which the migration of rural adult children to urban areas takes place, with attention to how parents and their situation influence these decisions, and the consequences for the social and economic well-being of parents who remain behind in the rural areas after the children leave. The analysis relies primarily on 2...

The paper deals with an interrelation between social and cognitive phenomena associated with transition of the society to the post-industrial epoch. Ideas triggered our study came from two different fields: sociology and epistemology. From the sociological point, we consider the Post-industrial society as a virtual society, where artificial interfaces more and more separate individuals from the...

In this paper I describe rural gentrificationöie the in-migration of relatively young, ex-urban members of the postindustrial middle class (PIMC)öin the northern Rocky Mountains as a form of `permanent tourism'. The colonization of previously industrial landscapesöie those created according to a regime that prioritizes the production/consumption of commoditiesöby the PIMC has led to the expansi...

This paper develops a theoretical framework to analyze the relationship between social class and fertility. The borrows elements from analysis, institutional perspectives on labor market fertility, welfare gender regime theories. I hypothesize that individuals’ positions impinge their economic security, employment–parenthood role compatibility, relations, which are key variables in explanation ...