Global aging and challenges to families /
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| Imprint: | New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c2003. |
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| Description: | xiii, 387 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The life course and aging Life course and aging. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4929053 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Global Aging and the Challenge to Families / Vern L. Bengtson, Ariela Lowenstein, Norella M. Putney and Daphna Gans
- 2. Theories about Families, Organizations, and Social Supports / Eugene Litwak, Merril Silverstein, Vern L. Bengston and Ynez Wilson Hirst
- 3. From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in the Family Life of Older Adults / Chris Phillipson
- 4. Grandparents and Grandchildren in Family Systems: A Social-Developmental Perspective / Merril Silverstein, Roseann Giarrusso and Vern L. Bengtson
- 5. Older People and Family in Social Policy / Simon Biggs and Jason L. Powell
- 6. Intergenerational Transfers in the Family: What Motivates Giving? / Martin Kohli and Harald Kunemund
- 7. Family Characteristics and Loneliness among Older Parents / Kees Knipscheer and Theo van Tilburg
- 8. Disposable Children: On the Role of Offspring in the Construction of Conjugal Support in Later Life / Haim Hazan
- 9. Israeli Attitudes about Inter Vivos Transfers / Seymour Spilerman and Yuval Elmelech
- 10. Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel / Howard Litwin
- 11. Family Transfers and Cultural Transmissions Between Three Generations in France / Claudine Attias-Donfut
- 12. Changing Roles of the Family and State for Elderly Care: A Confucian Perspective / Ki-Soo Eun
- 13. Intergenerational Relationships of Japanese Seniors: Changing Patterns / Wataru Koyano
- 14. "Modernization" and Economic Strain: The Impact of Social Change on Material Family Support for Older People in Ghana / Isabella Aboderin
- 15. Family Norms and Preferences in Intergenerational Relations: A Comparative Perspective / R. Katz, S. O. Daatland, A. Lowenstein, M. T. Bazo, I. Ancizu, K. Herlofson, D. Mehlhausen-Hassoen and D. Prilutzky
- 16. The Role of Family for Quality of Life in Old Age: A Comparative Perspective / Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Clemens Tesch-Roemer and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
- 17. Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Intergenerational Social Support / Toni C. Antonucci and James S. Jackson
- 18. Challenges of Global Aging to Families in the Twenty-First Century / Ariela Lowenstein and Vern Bengtson.
