Ageing and intergenerational relations : : Family reciprocity from a global perspective / / ed. by Misa Izuhara.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Coleman, Marilyn,; Engelmajer, Pascale F.,; Ganong, Lawrence H.,; Izuhara, Misa,; Joseph, Ricky,; Katz, Ruth,; Lowenstein, Ariela,; Oduaran, Akpovire,; Oduaran, Choja,; Phillips, Judith,; Phillipson, Chris,
• HerausgeberIn: Izuhara, Misa,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of tables and figures --; Notes on contributors --; Foreword --; Introduction --; Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change --; Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence --; Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration --; Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia --; Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa --; Spiritual debts and gendered costs --; Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies --; New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847422064; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Misa Izuhara.

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.