Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society

From Generation to Generation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society brings together scholars whose common link is their intellectual intersection with the work of Vern Bengtson, an esteemed family sociologist whose accomplishments include foundational theoretical contributions to the study of families and intergenerational relations as well as the development of the widely used Longitudinal Study of Generations data set. The study began in 1971 and is the basis for Bengtson's highly influential concept and measurement model, the intergenerational solidarity-conflict paradigm. This book serves as an excellent compendium of original research that examines how Bengtson's solidarity model, a theory that informs nearly all intergenerational and gerontology sociology work performed today, continues to be relevant to scholars and practitioners.Written by internationally recognized scholars, the book's fifteen chapters are mapped to five major thematic areas to which Bengtson's research contributed: family connections; grandparents in a changing demographic landscape; generations and cohorts (micro-macro dialectics); religion and families in the context of continuity, change, and conflict; and global cross-national and cross-ethnic concerns. Key strengths of the book include the diversity of foci and data sources and the strong attention given to global and international issues. Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society will appeal to scholars working in sociology, psychology, gerontology, family studies, and social work.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-10-27
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9781421408934

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Foreword, by Toni C. AntonucciAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Solidarity as a Key Concept in Family and Generational ResearchPart I: Family Connections: Solidarity Within and Across GenerationsChapter 1. Differences in Mothers' and Fathers' Parental Favoritism in Later Life: A Within-Family ApproachChapter 2. Intergenerational Solidarity in Blended Families: The Inequality of Financial Transfers to Adult Children and StepchildrenChapter 3. Generational Contact and Support among Late Adult Siblings Within a Verticalized FamilyPart II: Grandparents in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Mothers and MentorsChapter 4. Grandmothers' Diff erential Involvement with Grandchildren in Rural Multiple Partner Fertility Family StructuresChapter 5. The Role of Grandparents in the Transition to Adulthood: Grandparents as "Very Important" Adults in the Lives of AdolescentsPart III: Of Generations and Cohorts: Micro-Macro Dialectics Chapter 6. Who's Talking about My Generation?Chapter 7. Toward Generational Intelligence: Linking Cohorts, Families, and ExperienceChapter 8. Biography and Generation: Spirituality and Biographical Pain at the End of Life in Old AgePart IV: Religion and Families: Contexts of Continuity, Change, and ConflictChapter 9. How Theory-Building Prompts Explanations about Generational Connections in the Domains of Religion, Spirituality, and AgingChapter 10. The Transmission of Religion across Generations: How Ethnicity MattersChapter 11. Church-Based Negative Interactions among Older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic WhitesPart V: Global, Cross-National, and Cross-Ethnic Issues: Who Will Care for the Young and the Old?Chapter 12. Global Aging and Families: Some Policy Concerns about the Global Aging PerspectiveChapter 13. Social Change, Social Structure, and the Cycle of Induced SolidarityChapter 14. The Intergenerational Social Contract Revisited: Cross-National PerspectivesChapter 15. Aging, Health, and Families in the Hispanic Population: Evolution of a ParadigmShort Biography of Vern L. BengtsonList of ContributorsIndex