Ageing and intergenerational relations : family reciprocity from a global perspective / / edited by Misa Izuhara [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Aging; Intergenerational relations; Older people - Social conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): IzuharaMisa
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practice and theory in different societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones affected by changing issues in contemporary societies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ageing and intergenerational relations
• ISBN: 1-4473-0142-0; 1-282-56202-9; 9786612562020; 1-84742-206-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781154303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series