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

With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This exciting bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Izuhara, Misa
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK ; Portland, Or. : Policy Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Aging > Cross-cultural studies. Intergenerational relations > Cross-cultural studies. Older people > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Misa Izuhara
Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change / Chris Phillipson
Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence / Ruth Katz and Ariela Lowenstein
Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration / Ricky Joseph
Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia / Misa Izuhara
Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa / Akpovire Oduaran and Choja Oduaran
Spiritual debts and gendered costs / Pascale F. Engelmajer and Misa Izuhara
Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies / Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman
New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies / Misa Izuhara.