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From The Crown to Downton Abbey, the country house speaks to our fantasies of rustic splendor, style, and escape. Featuring three hundred photos from the National Trust, this lavish book draws back the curtain on the finest and most important historic homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, revealing these great houses’ intriguing pasts, grand interiors, and vibrant reinventions for the enjoyment of modern-day visitors, residents, and armchair travelers. Locations include Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat, and dozens more. Illuminating essays by country house expert Jeremy Musson, legendary British author and historian David Cannadine, and contributing writers and scholars provide unique insight into centuries of life in a historic home. This is a rich visual resource for lovers of sumptuous interiors on a human scale, as well as grand exterior architecture and gorgeous landscapes. For Anglophiles, royals watchers, and lovers of the country house lifestyle, architecture, and interior design, this is a magnificent new look at landmark British country houses, the treasures they contain, and how they speak to our fantasies of rustic splendor and escape today

Since the 1950s, cycling policy in China has gone through three phases: from active encouragement (1955–1994) and systematic discouragement (1994–2008) to neglect and ambivalence (since the 2010s). Parallel to the expansion of automobility, the country has been unique in its development of innovations in electric-powered two-wheelers and a vibrant e-cycling practice since the 1980s. Electric bikes have given over 300 million low-status commuters and peddlers access to jobs and housing, even though planners have dismissed them as a problematic ›floating population‹ and remnants of the past. Given China’s current urban sustainable mobility challenges and ambition to become the world’s first ›Ecological Civilization‹ (2013), China’s bicycle industry, e-vehicle manufacturers, and the e-commerce sector may offer an alternative to the US-based ›car civilization‹ if ecological (e-cycles) and social (low-status workers) sustainability are brought into one analytical frame., Seit den 1950er-Jahren hat die chinesische Fahrrad-Politik drei Phasen durchlaufen: von aktiver Förderung (1955–1994) über systematische Behinderung (1994–2008) bis zu Vernachlässigung und Ambivalenz (ab etwa 2010). Parallel zur Expansion der Autoindustrie und des Autoverkehrs seit den 1980er-Jahren hat die besondere Entwicklung Chinas – die dynamische Innovation bei Fahrrädern und Motorrollern mit Elektroantrieb – für über 300 Millionen Pendler aus unteren Schichten und Kleinhändler einen besseren Zugang zu Arbeits- und Wohnmöglichkeiten geschaffen. Zwar haben Stadt- und Verkehrsplaner solche sozialen Gruppen oft als problematische Überbleibsel der Vergangenheit gesehen. Doch in Anbetracht der Herausforderungen für nachhaltige urbane Mobilitätskonzepte, vor denen China steht, und dem 2013 formulierten Anspruch des Landes, die weltweit erste »ökologische Zivilisation« zu werden, bieten die Fahrradindustrie und die Elektromobilität möglicherweise eine Alternative zur »Autozivilisation« des US-amerikanischen Typs. Ökologische und soziale Gesichtspunkte müssen dabei in einem gemeinsamen analytischen Rahmen betrachtet werden.

Numerous empirical studies have confirmed that married people have a lower risk of morbidity and mortality than unmarried people. However, there is relatively little existing research on the impact of marital status and partnerships on the health behaviour of elderly people in Europe. This study examines the association between partnership status and health-related behaviour among the German population in the second half of life (aged 40-85). We focus on four indicators of health behaviour: smoking, physical activity, body weight, and health check-ups. The data used in the analysis come from the 2008 (n=6,205) and 2014 (n=6,002) waves of the German Ageing Survey (DEAS). We applied logistic regression models with average marginal effects (AME). The results of our analysis are in line with the findings of previous studies, which indicated that being married has a protective effect on smoking and a negative effect on body weight. Crisis effects are found to be limited primarily to smoking by recently widowed people. Our study provides new empirical insights into the extent to which being married has protective effects on the use of health care, as people who are separated, divorced, or never married are found to be less likely to have regular health check-ups compared to married people. Furthermore, our results for physical activity are contrary to previous findings for younger adults, according to which being married is associated with a lower likelihood of participating in physical activities. The results of the data analyses show that at ages 40 and older, unmarried individuals, especially those who are not in a partnership, are at higher risk of physical inactivity than their married counterparts. Our findings on marital status and partnership status therefore demonstrate that being married is strongly associated with positive health behaviours. The results may be useful for designing health programmes or prevention measures.

Welche kulturellen Leitvorstellungen zum Familienleben existieren in Deutschland? Was gilt als "normal", als wünschenswert und als abweichend und wie beeinflussen diese Vorstellungen die Familiengründung und das Familienleben? Diese Fragen stehen im Fokus der Beiträge, die in diesem Band versammelt sind und in denen die Vielfalt und Widersprüchlichkeit der Familienleitbilder in Deutschland identifiziert werden. Damit leistet dieses Buch einen wichtigen Erklärungsbeitrag zum kulturellen Verständnis von demografischen Prozessen. Aus den Ergebnissen der Studie werden Empfehlungen für die künftige Forschung und für die Familienpolitik abgeleitet, um den Vorstellungen junger Menschen in Deutschland besser gerecht werden zu können.

Ältere Menschen befinden sich heute in einer günstigeren Lebenssituation als frühere Generationen: Viele von ihnen verfügen über einen hohen Lebensstandard, ein hohes Bildungsniveau und eine gute Gesundheit. Angesichts dieser Potenziale stellt sich die Frage, welche Pläne und Vorstellungen ältere Menschen heute vom Leben im "dritten Lebensalter" haben. Welche Entscheidungen treffen sie beim Übergang in den Ruhestand hinsichtlich einer weiteren Erwerbsbeteiligung, eines zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements oder familialer Unterstützungen? Der vorliegende Band stellt aktuelle Befunde der interdisziplinären Studie "Transitions and Old Age Potential (TOP)" des Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung zu den Lebensplänen, Potenzialen und Übergängen der 55- bis 70-Jährigen in Deutschland vor. Neben der Darstellung aktueller wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse verfolgt der Band das Ziel, Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik, Unternehmen oder Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft abzuleiten - und nicht zuletzt für die Älteren selbst.

Welche Bedeutung kommt der Produktion, dem Gebrauch und darin vorgenommener Umdeutungen von alltagskulturellen Objekten bzw. Artefakten sowie Medien im Rahmen jugendkultureller Vergemeinschaftung und Stilbildung zu? Dieser Frage widmete sich die interdisziplinäre Tagung "InSZENiErungen in Szenen", die ausgerichtet vom BMBF-geförderten Forschungsverbund "Techniken jugendlicher Bricolage – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf jugendkulturelle Praktiken des Umgangs mit alltagskulturellen Objekten (JuBri)" am 2.-3. März 2017 in Berlin stattfand. Im Zentrum der überwiegend empirisch ausgerichteten Beiträge standen mediale Ausdrucksformen und Entwicklungen in Szenen ebenso wie stilspezifische Artefakte und Objekte. Diese medialen oder materialen Untersuchungsobjekte wurden verknüpft mit historisch-vergleichend angelegten wie gegenwartsbezogenen Fragestellungen. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag führen wir in das Forschungsfeld ein und zeichnen die wesentlichen Ergebnisse der Tagungsbeiträge nach. Analog zum Tagungsverlauf werden zum Schluss ausgehend von einer Podiumsdiskussion gegenwärtige Perspektiven der Jugendkultur- und Szeneforschung skizziert und die Tagung bilanziert., Objects of everyday life play a significant role for the formation of youth cultures. Material artifacts such as clothes, magazines or posters, are produced, used, and (re-)interpreted in scene specific ways. Therefore, they can be described as a corner stone of the formation and transformation of youth culture specific styles and self-representations. These phenomena were the focal point of the interdisciplinary conference: "Construction of Styles Within Scenes." It was organized by the research group "Techniques of Adolescent Bricolage" and held in March 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The conference contributions focused on a wide range of topics, such as media representations, esthetics, and the role of artifacts and objects within the practices of youth culture. They approached these topics from a variety of angles, including perspectives on social inequality as well as comparative historical and contemporary analyses. After a short introduction to the field of youth culture research, we describe the thematic core areas as well as the main results of the conference. Additionally, we provide an overview of present perspectives on youth culture and scene research.

For over two decades, the 'information revolution' in the Middle East has been framed overwhelmingly in terms of media, more of it, and in comparisons to mass media - from the advent of any-to-any communication to ad hoc conceptualizations such as 'crowd-sourcing' or 'citizen journalism' - that register the multiplication of voices, channels and eroding boundaries in spheres of communication. The record has expanded more than conceptualizations of its sociologies in media and communications studies. It’s time for other questions that elicit additional and more basic features of Internet practices from choices that shape individual repertoires and participation to continuities between users and producers to how actual practices scale up, which actually link micro and macro processes. To elicit these broader sociologies, and move beyond the limited social physics of 'impact' of the Internet on culture and lifestyles, I draw on the related sociologies of reference group and network theory, on Science-Technology-Society studies and sociolinguistics to bring disruption of existing institutions, on the one hand, and cooptation by them, on the other, into more unified theory of the play of information revolution in culture and lifestyles on the Internet.

The religious experience felt as the apprehension of an absolute reality that expression of the sacred can be established in specific and determined spaces, but inevitably dissolves often In everyday life through symbols and practices. Between flavors and aromas, pans and recipes, there is the possibility of developing more than a gastronomic experience, for the devotees Hare Krishna is the realization of a meeting with God and the manifestation in the practice of a theoretical conception. To understand this conversion of the seized in the ancient scriptures of Indian origin in the day-to-day life of a person living in Fortaleza is the main essence of this research, which will analyze how the categories of kindness, passion and ignorance in the dietary practices of this social group., A experiência religiosa vivenciada como a apreensão de uma realidade absoluta que exprime o sagrado pode se estabelecer em espaços específicos e determinados, mas de forma inevitável se dissolve amiúde no cotidiano através dos símbolos e de práticas. Entre sabores e aromas, panelas e receitas, há a possibilidade de se desenvolver muito mais que uma experiência gastronômica, para os devotos Hare Krishna é a realização de um encontro com deus e a manifestação na prática de uma concepção teórica. Entender essa conversão do apreendido nas escrituras sagradas milenares de origem indiana no dia-a-dia de uma pessoa que mora em Fortaleza é a essência principal dessa pesquisa, que analisará como se desenvolvem as categorias de bondade, paixão e ignorância nas práticas alimentares desse grupo social.

Over the last 50 years the life courses of young people and their family formation behavior have undergone dramatic changes. Childbearing outside marriage, whether to single mothers or cohabiters, is one of the most prominent indicators of this process. This study outlines the development of childbearing outside of marriage in Europe since the 1960s. Changes in women‘s role in society are identified as the key factor driving this development. Utilizing the full potential of multi-level modeling the study finds that parents' decision making is mediated by country specific welfare arrangements. In particular, the degree to which women can utilize their socioeconomic resources in the labor market plays a key role in the decision whether or not to marry the father of their child., In den letzten 50 Jahren haben sich die Lebensverläufe junger Menschen und ihre Familienbildung dramatisch verändert. Außereheliche Fertilität, von Alleinstehenden oder unverheirateten Paaren, ist einer der wichtigsten Indikatoren für diesen Prozess. Diese Studie betrachtet die Entwicklung außerehelicher Fertilität in Europa seit den 1960ern. Als zentraler Faktor für diese Entwicklung wird der Wandel der gesellschaftlichen Rolle der Frau identifiziert. Auf Basis von Mehrebenenmodellen zeigt sich, dass Entscheidungsprozesse junger Eltern eng mit der Ausgestaltung des Wohlfahrtsstaates verknüpft sind. Im Speziellen ist das Heiratsverhalten junger Mütter davon geprägt, wie sie ihre sozioökonomischen Ressourcen am Arbeitsmarkt verwerten können.

In the past 40 years there has been an increase in second-hand consumption among consumers (Guiot and Roux 2010), since the ‘shame and stigma associated with second-hand consumption’ disappeared and second-hand goods became ‘cool’ and ‘stylish’ (Franklin 2011, 156). In Germany, for example, the turnover of goods sold in second-hand retail outlets is expected to increase from €1.902 mio in 2012 to €2.198 mio in 2020 (Statista n.d.). Second-hand consumption is a niche form of consumption and therefore does not correspond to the norm (Crewe and Gregson 2003; Williams and Paddock 2003). Second-hand goods can be distinguished from new goods because they are pre-used and pre-owned (Luchs et al. 2011). They are usually less expensive than new products and have some traces of wear-and-tear (Estelami and Raymundo 2012). Several forms of second-hand consumption exist. These range from ‘car boot sales, charity shops, auctions, online auctions, seller websites, vintage and other second-hand shops, nearly new sales to bric-a-brac stalls run by charities or non-profit community organisations such as churches and schools’ (Waight 2013a, 299). Although these places for second-hand exchange are shaped by both buyers and sellers (Gregson and Crewe 2003, 3), the professionalisation of second-hand charity shops has taken place recently. In particular, professional online platforms such as Ubup have revolutionised the second-hand market. Ubup is a second-hand retailer that buys second-hand clothes, and then checks, photographs and labels the clothes online for a professional customer experience, just as in a regular online shop for new clothes (Ubup, n.d). Second-hand shops of all forms are increasingly attempting to copy traditional retail practices (Gregson and Crewe 2003, 75).

Consumer critique stretches back almost to the beginning of the consumer society itself, including Veblen’s (1899) analysis of consumption for display among the nouveau riche, Adorno and Horkheimer (1944), who argued that consumers are trapped and manipulated by the capitalist system, and Galbraith (1958), who claimed, among other things, that producers create artificial desires that do not contribute to the well-being of consumers (Schor 2007). In recent decades, much of the consumer critique has also incorporated an ecological dimension. Jackson (2009) and others have argued that continued growth in global consumption is incompatible with sustainable development and that changes in values and priorities are required to tackle society’s longterm challenges.

Current consumer behaviour, actions and policy decisions symbiotically interact with the vision that well-being equals unlimited capacity for material consumption, defining a relationship of mutual dependency and bringing about serious negative environmental, social and economic impacts derived from the present development model (WWI 2010).

Lebensmittelabfälle werden zunehmend als gesellschaftliches Problem erachtet. Die Initiative "foodsharing" versucht, diesem Problem entgegenzutreten. Dieser Beitrag untersucht, inwiefern diese Initiative als politischer Konsum und Lebensstilbewegung verstanden werden kann. In Lebensstilbewegungen streben individuelle Verbraucher durch ihre alltäglichen Konsumpraktiken einen gesellschaftlichen Wandel an. Anders als im traditionellen Verständnis sozialer Bewegungen treten in Lebensstilbewegungen (1) individuelle und private Aktivität in den Vordergrund, werden (2) kulturelle Ziele verfolgt sowie ist (3) die Partizipation als anhaltende zu erachten. Anhand dieser drei Distinktionskriterien wird das Foodsharing näher betrachtet, als Lebensstilbewegung kategorisiert und die unscharfen Grenzen zwischen sozialen Bewegungen und Lebensstilbewegungen herausgearbeitet.

This study concentrates on the analysis of early works by Rudyard Kipling who was born into the family of English colonists to India, thus becoming a representative of the newly formed Anglo-Indian society. The writer's sketch Anglo-Indian Society (1887) and his collection of short stories Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) depict the characteristic features of Anglo-Indians’ worldview and lifestyle, which are revealed and analyzed by the author of the article. Special attention is paid to biographical factors influencing the author’s choice of Anglo-Indian topic at the beginning of his writing career. The researcher concludes that Kipling presents in his works an outline of Anglo-Indian society which emerged from the writer's observations of Anglo-Indians' lives during his work as a reporter. Striving for credibility in consideration of advantages and shortcomings of Anglo-Indian worldview and lifestyle, the author tries to occupy the position of the unconcerned observer, being capable of assessing the situation with fresh mind. Kipling disguises himself under the image of the hero-narrator, being either a tourist traveler from abroad, or a reporter, accustomed to collecting factual material for the local paper, in such a way receiving an opportunity to speak ironically and sometimes even sarcastically about certain models of behavior, accepted by Anglo-Indians.