Families in Ageing Societies: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

by Sarah Harper

Overview

This volume brings together academics from the UK, Europe, and the US, and from a broad spectrum of disciplinary backgrounds, to consider the implications of the demographic ageing of Western societies for intergenerational relationships and the family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199251162
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/11/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Director, Oxford Institute of Aging, Oxford University

Table of Contents

List of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction, Sarah Harper1. The Challenge of Demographic Ageing for Families, Sarah Harper2. Models of Kinship from the Developed World, Mike Murphy3. One Happy Family? Sources of Intergenerational Solidarity and Tension As Contemporary U.S. Society Ages, W. Andrew Achenbaum4. Availability and Supportive Functions of Extended Kinship Ties in Later Life: Evidence from the Berlin Ageing Study, Frieder R. Lang5. Intergenerational Relationships among Stepfamilies in the UK, Brian Dimmock, Joanna Bornat, Sheila Peace and David Jones6. Working Carers in the European Union, Robert Anderson7. Family Support of Elderly People and Female Labor Supply: Trade-Offs among Caregiving, Financial Transfers, and Work—Evidence from U.S. Health and Retirement Survey, Richard W. Johnson and Anthony T. Lo Sasso8. Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK, Martin Knapp, Julien Forder, Jeremy Kendall and Linda Pickard9. Inheritance and Intergenerational Relationships in English Families, Janet Finch10. The American Family as a Context for Healthy Aging, Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Linda J. WaiteReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index