Claudine Attias-Donfut

Sara Arber

The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of an ageing population, and the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people. In this important book, the authors examine how changes, such as cuts in welfare provision, migration, urbanization and individualisation influence intergenerational relations. The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy, and focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies. This edited collection brings together a range of leading researchers and theorists from across Europe to advance a sociological understanding of generational relations, in terms of the state and the family and how they are interlinked. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in sociology, social policy and ageing, and to policy makers concerned with the implications of demographic and policy changes.

The Family and State in Ageing Societies

The Myth of Generational Conflict

Martine Segalen

Nicole Lapierre

Enquête sur les liens familiaux tels qu'ils se vivent au quotidien entre toutes les générations dans la France de ce début de XXIe siècle.

Claudine Attias-Donfut

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