ABSTRACT

The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of an ageing population, and the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people.

In this important book, the authors examine how changes, such as cuts in welfare provision, migration, urbanization and individualisation influence intergenerational relations. The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy, and focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies.

This edited collection brings together a range of leading researchers and theorists from across Europe to advance a sociological understanding of generational relations, in terms of the state and the family and how they are interlinked. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in sociology, social policy and ageing, and to policy makers concerned with the implications of demographic and policy changes.

chapter 4|19 pages

Wealth Distribution Between Generations

A source of conflict or cohesion?

chapter 9|20 pages

Trail-Blazers and Path-Followers

Social reproduction and geographical mobility in youth

chapter 10|16 pages

The Transmission of Life Stories from Ethnic Minority Fathers to Their Children

A personal resource to promote social integration

chapter 11|19 pages

Reinventing the Generational Contract

Anticipated care-giving responsibilities of younger Germans and Turkish migrants

chapter 12|19 pages

Continuity and Change

The family and community life of older people in the 1990s