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This second edition of the key text A Sociology of Family Life forms an authoritative guide to sociological debates about family life, intimacies and personal relationships. The book provides a topical and comprehensive guide to key sociological debates and empirical research on personal and family life. It draws together, in an accessible form, some of the most significant concepts, approaches and events that have contributed to sociological research on family life and intimacies. This edition has been revised throughout. It could not have happened without Pablo Gracia’s superb co-authorship.

This new edition includes:

 revised and updated chapters

 coverage of recent development in the field

 coverage of pertinent new movements, debates and events

 an extensive updated set of references

 a set of questions for reflection and discussion at the ends of chapters.

We extend our thanks to the following:

 our respective universities, Newcastle University and Trinity College Dublin, for their supportive research environments

 Jonathan Skerrett, commissioning editor at Polity for his excellent guidance in facilitating the production of this second edition and, most importantly, for inviting Pablo Gracia to collaborate in the project

 Séan Lennon for his excellent contribution as research assistant in conducting an exhaustive literature review, editing references and making relevant suggestions for the new content of the book

 our families, friends and personal communities who have supported and sustained us while the book was written, both before and during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Deborah Chambers and Pablo Gracia

Newcastle and Dublin

April 2021