Intergenerational Relations: European Perspectives in Family and Society

ISBN-13: 9781447300984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 256 str.

Isabelle Albert

Opis

This book offers fresh, innovative approaches to the field of intergenerational family relations, with a particular focus on Europe. Integrating different perspectives, it brings together international scholars from sociology, psychology, and economics to explore the key conceptual issues, multigenerational and cross-cultural perspectives, and applied issues at the heart of intergenerational studies. Examining implications for research, policy, and practice, the contributors make suggestions for future directions, and in doing so make important contributions to the current discourse.

Spis treści

Introduction ~ Isabelle Albert and Dieter Ferring; Part I: Conceptual issues regarding intergenerational relations; Demographic ageing, labour market regulation and intergenerational relations ~ Amilcar Moreira; Intergenerational solidarity in families: interplay between the family and the state ~ Kairi Kasearu and Dagmar Kutsar; Intergenerational ambivalence: beyond solidarity and conflict ~ Kurt Lüscher and Andreas Hoff; Intergenerational policy and the study of intergenerational relationships: a tentative proposal ~ Kurt Lüscher; Part II: Multigenerational and cross-cultural perspectives; Intergenerational congruence of attachment: limitations of findings ~ Katarzyna Lubiewska; Value transmission between parents and their adolescent children: the process and its outcomes. A psycho-social perspective ~ Daniela Barni, Rosa Rosnati and Sonia Ranieri; Value orientations and perception of social change in postcommunist Romania ~ Mihaela Friedlmeier and Alin Gavreliuc; Intergenerational conflict: the case of adult children and their parents ~ Beate Schwarz; Grandparent-grandchild relations in a changing society: different types and roles ~ Isabelle Albert and Dieter Ferring; Family Change Theory: a preliminary evaluation on the basis of recent cross-cultural studies ~ Boris Mayer; Part III: Applied issues and practical focus; How does family sociology contribute to the definition and measurement of a family care concept for elderly persons? ~ Amandine Masuy; Intergenerational solidarity in an ageing society: socio-demographic determinants of intergenerational support to elderly parents ~ Susana Coimbra, Luisa A. Ribeiro and Anne Marie Fontaine; Family caregiving for older people from a life-span developmental point of view ~ Thomas Boll and Dieter Ferring; Epilogue ~ Dieter Ferring and Isabelle Albert.