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| Rethinking theoretical and methodological issues in intergenerational family relations research | | Author(s) | Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, Simon Biggs |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 7, October 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1077-1083 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Theory ; Research ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | Introduction to a special issue of this journal in which the authors outline some key theoretical and methodological developments in the study of intergenerational family relations. The study draws on observations that a number of social issues are emerging that have an intergenerational dimension. There is growing recognition that to study adult ageing one has also to study intergenerational relationships. Furthermore a new architecture for social relations is beginning to take shape in the wake of demographic change. How individuals, families and societies cope with such change provokes the question of how gerontologically-informed research, theorisation and policy will also adapt. Seven positions are summarised which attempt to map out some new conceptual directions for intergenerational research through a critical use of concepts such as transition, generational self-awareness and empathy, metaphors of cultural translation, and the deployment of social and moral capital. The authors then examine changing gender roles, the balance between family and welfare state support frameworks, ethnicity and immigration as important elements of this process. A critical review of approaches to intergenerational relationships hopefully emerges. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111031001 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: BB: SB: 4D: 3A: 3D |
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