Ageing and intergenerational relations: Family reciprocity from a global perspective / Edition 1

by Misa Izuhara

Overview

With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. 

This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies. It draws on both theoretical perspectives and empirical analysis in relation to new patterns of family reciprocity. Contributors discuss both newly emerging patterns and more established ones which are now being affected due to various opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. 

The book is split into two parts, the first (Chapters one to four) reviews key theoretical and conceptual debates in this field, while the second (Chapter five to nine) offers insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and different relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847422040
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	02/17/2010
Series:	Ageing and the Lifecourse
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Misa Izuhara is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been working extensively in the areas of ageing and intergenerational relations, housing and social change, and comparative policy analysis between the East and the West. She is the Editor of the international journal, Policy & Politics.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures vi

Notes on contributors vii

Foreword Judith Phillips x

1 Introduction Misa Izuhara 1

2 Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change Chris Phillipson 13

3 Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence Ruth Katz Ariela Lowenstein 29

4 Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration Ricky Joseph 57

5 Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia Misa Izuhara 77

6 Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa Akpovire Oduaran Mis Izuhara 95

7 Spiritual debts and gendered costs Pascale F. Engelmajor Misa Izuhara 111

8 Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies Lawrence H. Ganong Marilyn Coleman 129

9 New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies Misa Izuhara 149

Index 161

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The present global flux in generational relations means that this book is extremely well timed to fill a major gap in the literature. It should be a key text for both gerontology and social policy." Alan Walker, University of Sheffield

Editorial Reviews

"Well-written, well-edited and compelling...timely and important" Journal of Comparative Family Studies

"Students, academics, professionals and policymakers will find this text of particular value with its synthesis of current research and fresh analytical lens on intergenerational relations." re:search, University of Bristol Research Review

"The present global flux in generational relations means that this book is extremely well timed to fill a major gap in the literature. It should be a key text for both gerontology and social policy." Alan Walker, University of Sheffield

From the Publisher