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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456278103321

Titolo

Ageing and intergenerational relations : Family reciprocity from a global perspective / / edited by Misa Izuhara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4473-0142-0

1-282-56202-9

9786612562020

1-84742-206-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ageing and the Lifecourse Series

Altri autori (Persone)

IzuharaMisa

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Older people - Social conditions

Intergenerational relations

Aging

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Aging

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Gerontology

Cross-cultural studies.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.