Ageing and intergenerational relations : family reciprocity from a global perspective /

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Examining the key aspects of the new patterns of family relations both conceptually and empirically from a global perspective, this text covers Europe, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Thailand and the USA, with contributions from a wide range of authors.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Izuhara, Misa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, ©2010.
Series:Ageing and the lifecourse.
Subjects:
Aging > Cross-cultural studies.
Intergenerational relations > Cross-cultural studies.
Older people > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Relations entre générations > Études transculturelles.
Personnes âgées > Conditions sociales > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Aging.
Intergenerational relations.
Older people > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • AGEING AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change; 3. Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence; 4. Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration; 5. Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia; 6. Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa; 7. Spiritual debts and gendered costs; 8. Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies.

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