Two Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change
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Chris Phillipson
Abstract
This chapter explores the interaction between demography and globalisation. It observes that population ageing has been a major factor influencing changes in intergenerational relations, and such a demographic shift is firmly located in broader social and economic developments, including processes associated with globalisation. It also examines how demographic shifts and globalisation are currently influencing the nature of intergenerational relations by linking those two issues together, and asks, are any new forms of contact and reciprocity across generations emerging within and beyond national boundaries?
Abstract
This chapter explores the interaction between demography and globalisation. It observes that population ageing has been a major factor influencing changes in intergenerational relations, and such a demographic shift is firmly located in broader social and economic developments, including processes associated with globalisation. It also examines how demographic shifts and globalisation are currently influencing the nature of intergenerational relations by linking those two issues together, and asks, are any new forms of contact and reciprocity across generations emerging within and beyond national boundaries?
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Foreword x
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change 13
- Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence 29
- Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration 57
- Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia 77
- Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 95
- Spiritual debts and gendered costs 111
- Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies 129
- New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies 149
- Index 161
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Foreword x
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change 13
- Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence 29
- Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration 57
- Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia 77
- Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 95
- Spiritual debts and gendered costs 111
- Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies 129
- New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies 149
- Index 161
