Ageing and intergenerational relations
Family reciprocity from a global perspective

Author/Editor(s):

Misa Izuhara

Format:

Paperback , 176 pages , 240 x 172 mm
Other formats available

ISBN

9781847422040

Published:

17 Feb 2010

Series:

Ageing and the Lifecourse series

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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

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

About This Book

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 exciting book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies around the world. It draws on theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses to discuss both newly emerging patterns of family reciprocity and more established ones which are affected by changing opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. The book is split into two parts: the first reviews key theoretical and conceptual debates in this field, while the second offers new insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and different relationships.

Author Biography

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.

Contents

Introduction - Misa Izuhara
Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change - Chris Phillipson
Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence - Ruth Katz and Ariela Lowenstein
Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration - Ricky Joseph
Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia - Misa Izuhara
Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Akpovire Oduaran and Choja Oduaran
Spiritual debts and gendered costs - Pascale F. Engelmajer and Misa Izuhara
Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies
Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman
New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies - Misa Izuhara.

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