In a rapidly changing world, what influence does social change have on our daily relationships? How do modern processes affect our broader values and how do they in turn affect our desire to get married, start our own family, and develop our social networks? How do sudden social events (invasions, civil wars, terrorist attacks, collapse of the political system) impact our decisions and the processes that occur in our relationships?

In this book, Robin Goodwin provides a critical review of the international literature on contemporary human relationships, challenging simplistic conclusions about the impending end of intimacy in close relationships and the inevitable decline of personal commitment. He argues that adaptation to rapid changes depends on the individual, social class, and cultural diversity, with differential influence on the adaptation to everyday human relationships. He also highlights contemporary debates in psychology, sociology, and political science regarding strategies for managing social change and their impact on interpersonal relationships.

"It is a commendable work that in this turbulent and often serious storm, which disorients the general public, even the expert psychologists who should deal with relationships, one can argue against a book like this. Congratulations to the publisher and the editor for their crucial choice. It is a systematic and thematically comprehensive work, a review and summary of classical and commonly accepted scientific theory and research, with a focus on understanding the conditions of relationship change - which we so desperately need today - so that it is supported by evidence in practice or at least the question of what is practical."
Panagiotis Kordoutis