Sharing lives : adult children and parents /
Sharing Lives explores the most important human relationships which last for the longest period of our lives: those between adult children and their parents. Offering a new reference point for studies in the sociology of family, the book focuses on the reasons and results of lifelong intergeneration...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2016
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016 London ; New York, NY : [2016] |
| Series: | Routledge advances in sociology ;
171 Routledge advances in sociology 171 |
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| Summary: | Sharing Lives explores the most important human relationships which last for the longest period of our lives: those between adult children and their parents. Offering a new reference point for studies in the sociology of family, the book focuses on the reasons and results of lifelong intergenerational solidarity by looking at individuals, families and societies. This monograph combines theoretical reasoning with empirical research, based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The book focuses on the following areas: adult family generations, from young adulthood to the end of life, and even beyond; contact, conflict, coresidence, money, time, inheritance; consequences of lifelong solidarity; family generations and the relationship of family and welfare state; connections between family cohesion and social inequality. Sharing Lives offers reliable findings on the basis of state-of-the-art methods and the best available data, and presents these findings in an accessible manner. This book will appeal to researchers, policymakers and graduate students in the area of sociology, political science, psychology and economics. Book jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 210 pages : 23 cm x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm x, 210 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-204) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1138125717 (hardback) 1138125717 9781138125711 (hardback) 9781138125711 |