Families In Ageing Societies: Multi-Isciplinary Approach, A

Description: Western families are undergoing considerable change. The demographic ageing of societies is increasing the number of living generations, and decreasing the number of living relatives within these generations. These ageing societies are also seeing an ageing of some life- transitions, with individuals choosing to delay full economic independence from parents, formal adult union through marriage or committed long-term cohabitation, and parenting. Such demographic change is occurring within the context of a variety of new kin structures-stepfamilies, ethnic minority families, single-parent families, cohabiting couples. This volume takes an inter-disciplinary research approach to consider the implications of demographic ageing for European and American families. Review: ...an excellent account of family change that will be of value to students, researchers and academics alike. Table of Contents: Introduction; 1. The Challenge for Families of Demographic Ageing; 2. Models of Kinship from the Developed World; 3. One Happy Family? Sources of Intergenerational Solidarity and Tension As Contemporary U.S. Society Ages; 4. The Availability and Supportive Functions of Extended Kinship Ties in Later Life: evidence from the Berlin Ageing Study; 5. Intergenerational Relationships Among Stepfamilies in the UK; 6. Working Carers in the European Union; 7. Family Support of the Elderly and Female Labour Supply: Trade-Offs Among Caregiving, Financial Transfers, and Work - Evidence from the U.S. Health and Retirement Survey; 8. Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK; 9. Inheritance and Intergenerational Relationships in English Families; 10. The American Family as a Context for Healthy Ageing