With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and societies. It draws on both theoretical perspectives and empirical analysis in relation to new patterns of family reciprocity. Contributors discuss both newly emerging patterns and more established ones which are now being affected due to various opportunities and pressures in contemporary societies. The book is split into two parts, the first (Chapters one to four) reviews key theoretical and conceptual debates in this field, while the second (Chapter five to nine) offers insights and an understanding of exchange practices based on case studies from different regions and different relationships.

About the Author
Misa Izuhara is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been working extensively in the areas of ageing and intergenerational relations, housing and social change, and comparative policy analysis between the East and the West. She is the Editor of the international journal, Policy & Politics.

Reviews
"Well-written, well-edited and compelling...timely and important" Journal of Comparative Family Studies
"Students, academics, professionals and policymakers will find this text of particular value with its synthesis of current research and fresh analytical lens on intergenerational relations." re:search, University of Bristol Research Review



Book Information
ISBN 9781847422040
Author Misa Izuhara
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Policy Press
Publisher Bristol University Press