Sharing Lives

Marc Szydlik is Professor of Sociology at the University of Zurich. He previously worked at the German Institute for Economic Research, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Erfurt. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, Stanford and Cambridge Universities, and has published widely in the field of generations.

• 1. Introduction 2. Concepts and contexts 3. Crisis? What crisis? 4. Contact: Staying in touch 5. Conflict: Quarrels and fights? 6. Space: Living together 7. Money: Financial support 8. Time: Who helps, who cares?9. Inheritance: To him that hath 10. Conclusions

"[...] the book offers a thorough empirical analysis of the best available evidence on intergenerational relations and ties in Europe, and is therefore an important reference source for social gerontologists, sociologists of the family, demographers and students of social policy and welfare systems."- Larissa Remennick, Bar-Ilan University, Israel"Sharing Lives is a theoretically driven, empirical examination of parent and adult child relationships across Europe. [...] In connecting the micro- and macro-level structures that influence multiple facets of parent–adult child relationships, Szydlik provides a comprehensive assessment of these relationships in their family and social contexts, which is where this book most enriches the extant literature on intergenerational relations."- Jori Sechrist, McMurry University"[...] Ce livre a le mérite de rendre compte d’un grand nombre de recherches, de théorisations et de données empiriques sur les solidarités intergénérationnelles. Il montre bien les convergences et divergences entre les pays européens et constitue un outil de choix pour les étudiants et les chercheurs de la famille qui s’intéressent au champ des solidarités."- Claudine Attias-Donfut, Directrice de recherches honoraire à la Cnav (Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse)