In this article we build a theoretical framework with which to analyse trendsetting learning biographies, i.e. biographies that are prototypical realisations of a cultural script about how young people learn and live in late modernity. In the current debate on lifelong learning in knowledge-based societies …

Dit hoofdstuk schetst een beeld van Groningen in de twintigste eeuw met aandacht voor de armenzorg, de gezondheidszorg, het onderwijs, cultuur, vermaak en sport.

Dit hoofdstuk schetst een beeld van Groningen in de twintigste eeuw met aandacht voor het ontstaan van verzorgingsstaat arrangementen, de gezondheidszorg, het onderwijs, cultuur, vermaak en sport.

In 2 experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hr without sleep under varying social conditions. In Experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed participants …

The gradual aging of western society during the twentieth century, including its causes and consequences, has become one of the dominant themes of demography and sociology. This study tries to shed more light on the recent past of older individuals emphasizing the socio-economic strategies they employed …