Annual Review Of Gerontology And Geriatrics ― Intergenerational Relations Across Time And Place

In this collection of 13 articles, contributors examine how the disciplines of human development, sociology, social history, and social psychology view intergenerational relations, and how those temporal considerations affect considerations of place, as in the discipline of social ecology. Paper topics concerning time include ambivalence, context, the intergenerational stake phenomenon in the last 20 years, historical forces and grand-parenting, family stability, and grand-parenting children with special needs. Paper topics on place include the effects of migration on South Asians in England, intergenerational relations in Indonesia and Bangladesh, filial norms in Europe as compared to Israel, and intergenerational exchanges the US as compared to Japan and to China. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)