Solidarity Between the Sexes and the Generations

Edited by Trudie Knijn, Emeritus Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University and Aafke Komter, Department of Sociology, Universiteit Utrecht,the Netherlands

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Transformations in the Relationship between the Public and the Private 1. The Rediscovery of Family Solidarity 2. Family Solidarity and Social Solidarity: Substitutes or Complements? 3. Shifting Patterns of Solidarity and Responsibility: In Search of a Micro Perspective 4. Individualization and the Need for New Forms of Family Solidarity 5. De-Familialization or Re-Familialization? Trends in Income-Tested Family Benefits Part II: Cross-National Comparisons of Demographic Trends 6. Changes in Family Patterns and People’s Lives: Western European Trends 7. Fertility and Nuptiality in the CEE Countries in the Context of Weakening Families and a Weakening State Part III: Shifting Patterns of Family Solidarity 8. Some Darker Sides of Family Solidarity 9. Kinship Support, Gender and Social Policy in France and Spain 10. ‘What are Children for? Reciprocity and Solidarity between Parents and Children 11. Post-Industrial Families: New Forms of Bonding? 12. Trends in Women’s Employment, Domestic Service, and Female Migration: Changing and Competing Patterns of Solidarity Index

'The strength of the book lies in the comprehensive coverage of the expanded Europe and its diverse welfare perspectives, taking gender and intergenerational solidarity as the core of the discourse. The volume includes theoretical, empirical and comparative material, which is written in an accessible and refreshingly jargon-free style. I consider it is eminently suitable for courses in social policy, gender studies and sociology.'