This volume focuses on the emerging consequences of global aging for families and for the well-being of elders in those families. Contributors examine the changing life course, and trace an astonishing change over recent decades in the expected, traditional life course of individuals, especially in industrialized societies. They also examine worldwide changes in families and family structures that have occurred over the last fifty years: some due to a changing life course; others, to the consequence of remarkable changes in the average family structure; still others to the result of changes in…mehr
This volume focuses on the emerging consequences of global aging for families and for the well-being of elders in those families. Contributors examine the changing life course, and trace an astonishing change over recent decades in the expected, traditional life course of individuals, especially in industrialized societies. They also examine worldwide changes in families and family structures that have occurred over the last fifty years: some due to a changing life course; others, to the consequence of remarkable changes in the average family structure; still others to the result of changes in values and political expectations regarding the role of the state in individuals' lives.
Contributors, Acknowledgments, 1. Global Aging and the Challenge to Families, I. Theoretical Perspectives: Intergenerational Social Support in Multiple Contexts, 2. Theories about Families, Organizations, and Social Supports, 3. From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in the Family Life of Older Adults, 4. Grandparents and Grandchildren in Family Systems: A Social-Developmental Perspective, 5. Older People and Family in Social Policy, II. Theoretical Perspectives: The Role of Intergenerational Social Support, 6. Intergenerational Transfers in the Family: What Motivates Giving?, 7. Family Characteristics and Loneliness among Older Parents, 8. Disposable Children: On the Role of Offspring in the Construction of Conjugal Support in Later Life, III. Intrasociety Diversity in Intergenerational Support, 9. Israeli Attitudes about Inter Vivos Transfers, 10. Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel, 11. Family Transfers and Cultural Transmissions Between Three Generations in France
Contributors, Acknowledgments, 1. Global Aging and the Challenge to Families, I. Theoretical Perspectives: Intergenerational Social Support in Multiple Contexts, 2. Theories about Families, Organizations, and Social Supports, 3. From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in the Family Life of Older Adults, 4. Grandparents and Grandchildren in Family Systems: A Social-Developmental Perspective, 5. Older People and Family in Social Policy, II. Theoretical Perspectives: The Role of Intergenerational Social Support, 6. Intergenerational Transfers in the Family: What Motivates Giving?, 7. Family Characteristics and Loneliness among Older Parents, 8. Disposable Children: On the Role of Offspring in the Construction of Conjugal Support in Later Life, III. Intrasociety Diversity in Intergenerational Support, 9. Israeli Attitudes about Inter Vivos Transfers, 10. Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel, 11. Family Transfers and Cultural Transmissions Between Three Generations in France
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