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Baby boomers and generational conflict /

"The dominant cultural script for Baby Boomers is that they have 'had it all' - the benefits of a booming economy, the welfare state, and personal freedoms - thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bristow, Jennie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
Intergenerational relations.
Baby boom generation.
Baby boom generation > Great Britain.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Aging.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
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  • PART I: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENERATIONS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Understanding Generations Historically
  • 3. Mannheim's 'Problem of Generations' Revisited
  • 4. The Birth of the Sixties
  • Generations after the Second World War
  • PART II: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BABY BOOMERS AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM IN BRITAIN
  • 5. The Cultural Script of the Baby Boomer Problem
  • 6. The Boomers as an Economic Problem
  • 7. The Boomers as a Cultural Problem
  • 8. Conclusion
  • The Problem of Generations Today.