Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics . Volume 13 Focus on kinship, aging, and social change [[electronic resource] /] / George L. Maddox, M. Powell Lawton, volume editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer, 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.5; 362.5/05; 362.505
• Soggetto topico: Aging; Kinship
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LawtonM. Powell <1923-2001.> (Mortimer Powell) MaddoxGeorge L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 14; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I: An Overview of Theory and Research; Chapter 2 Families, Aging, and Social Change: Seven Agendas for 21st Century Researchers; Chapter 3 Elusiveness of Family Life: A Challenge for the Sociology of Aging; Part II: The Changing Balance of Work and Family; Chapter 4 Kin Reciprocities, the Familial Corporation, and Other Moral Economies: Workplace, Family and Kin in the Modern Global Context; Chapter 5 Balancing Work and Family in an Aging Society: The Canadian Experience ; Part III: Comparative Ethnographic Accounts of Kinship and Social ChangeChapter 6 Chinese Kinship and the State: Shaping of Policy for the Elderly; Chapter 7 Aging and Intergenerational Relations in Spain and Spanish America; Part IV: Changing Patterns of Kinship Exchange and Assistance; Chapter 8 Kin Structure and Assistance in Aging Societies; Chapter 9 Intergenerational Transfers: Economic, Demographic, and Social Perspectives; Part V: Social Change and the Future of Kin Relationships; Chapter 10 Demographic Change and Kin Relationships in Later Life ; Chapter 11 Kinship and Family Policy in an Aging SocietyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: During the past few decades, the dramatic social changes with regard to our aging population and changes in the family unit have made both demographic and socioeconomic consequences, as well as an effect on matters of social policy. The prestigious editors, George L. Maddox and M. Powell Lawton, have assembled an impressive group of expert contributors whose chapters address topics from the latest theory and research findings to the changing balance of work and families, as well as patterns of kinship.
• Titolo autorizzato: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics
• ISBN: 1-281-81833-X; 9786611818333; 0-8261-6506-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453879203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; ; v. 13 1993.