Intergenerational Relations

Population ageing today affects most industrialised countries, and it will have an impact on many facets of the social system. Intergenerational relationships will play a key role in dealing with the demographical and societal change. This book provides innovative views in the multidisciplinary research field of intergenerational family relations in society, with a focus on Europe. Different, but complementary, perspectives are integrated in one volume bringing together international scholars from sociology, psychology and economics. The book's chapters are grouped into three thematic sections which cover conceptual issues, multigenerational and cross-cultural perspectives, as well as applied issues. Implications for research, policy and practice are addressed and suggestions for future directions are discussed. By raising recent discussions on controversial issues, this book will stimulate the current discourse at various levels. Intergenerational relations in society and family will be equally interesting for researchers, advanced-level students and stakeholders in the fields of social policy, population ageing and intergenerational family relationships.

Isabelle Albert is Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) in the area of generations and development across the lifespan. Her research interests include the intergenerational transmission of values and family relations in a cross-cultural perspective. Dieter Ferring is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Geropsychology, and Head of the Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. His main research areas lie within lifespan developmental psychology and psychogerontology.