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The New Generational Contract
Intergenerational Relations And The Welfare State
- 256 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The New Generational Contract
Intergenerational Relations And The Welfare State
About this book
This authoritative text offers the first comprehensive analysis of intergenerational relations and social welfare. It examines both the micro-sociological relations within the family and the social contract which forms the backbone of the welfare state.; This book is intended to appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology, social policy and medicine and it will also be particularly useful for professional courses such as nursing, social work and gerontology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of tables
- Contributors
- Introduction: the new generational contract
- 1 Intergenerational relations and the provision of welfare
- 2 Intergenerational relationships past and present
- 3 Does Britain have a welfare generation?
- 4 Ties that bind
- 5 Obligations and support within families
- 6 Inheritance and financial transfer in families
- 7 Housing inheritance in Britain: its scale, size, and future
- 8 Intergenerational relations in the labour market: the attitudes of employers and older workers
- 9 Learning generations: age and education
- 10 Intergenerational conflict and the welfare state American and British perspectives
- Bibliography
- Index