Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 3: Perspectives on Theory and Policy

ISBN-13: 9783593389639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 460 str.

Patrick Heady; Martin Kohli

Opis

Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship and their connection to state policies remain controversial. Received theories have had to be revised in the light of social and demographic change and accumulating evidence of long-standing cultural differences.
In this volume the authors use network data to measure the extent of mutual assistance between relatives and explore its connection to residence and marriage patterns, intergenerational relations, gender roles and fertility. They go on to review the findings of the whole study -- drawing critically on theories of altruism, reciprocity, cultural transmission and socio-economic change. The book closes with some recommendations for policy."

Spis treści

Contents

Acknowledgements

Family, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume series
Patrick Heady

1 Introduction: towards a political economy of kinship and welfare
Patrick Heady and Martin Kohli

2 Family, kindred and marriage
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

3 Remembering and forgetting kin
Michael Schnegg

4 Domestic help
Siegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady

5 Structural help
Siegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady

6 Reciprocity and altruism in practical assistance
Patrick Heady and Zhonghui Ou

7 Close kin influences on fertility behaviour
Laura Bernardi and Robert G. White

8 Birth rates, values and social patterns
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

9 Linkages among adult family generations: evidence from comparative survey research
Martin Kohli, Marco Albertini and Harald Künemund

10 The modern reality of kinship: sources and significance of new kinship forms in contemporary Europe
Martine Segalen

11 Macro-regional differences in European kinship culture
Pier Paolo Viazzo

12 Family in Europe: urban and rural contexts compared
Micha? Buchowski

13 Gender, kinship and the market for social care
Sophie Chevalier

14 Kinship, neighbourhood and community in perspective
Georges Augustins

15 Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspective
Günther Schlee and Patrick Heady

16 Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour in anthropology: a general overview and application to the KASS project
Heidi Colleran and Ruth Mace

17 Conclusion: implications for policy
Martin Kohli and Patrick Heady

Appendices: methods used to collect and analyse network data

A1 Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network Questionnaire
Gordon Milligan

A2 Appendix 2: data processing for analysis
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

A3 Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data quality
Patrick Heady

A4 Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and III
Siegfried Gruber

Authors

Index

O autorze

Patrick Heady ist Forschungsmitarbeiter am MPI für ethnologische Forschung in Halle. Martin Kohli ist Professor am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut, Florenz.