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

• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Social conditions; Intergenerational relations; Aging; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Aging; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Gerontology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Cross-cultural studies.; Electronic books.
• Altri autori: IzuharaMisa
• 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.
• 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.: 9910456278103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series