Ageing and Intergenerational Relations : Family Reciprocity from a Global Perspective
Misa. Izuhara
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Bristol : : The Policy Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (177 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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. - 9. New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societiesIndex. - This exciting book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones which are affected by changing opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. The book will be welcomed by an international audience.
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| ISBN | 1847422047. - 1847422055. - 9781847422040. - 9781847422057
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