A Young Generation Under Pressure?

by Tremmel, Joerg Chet

• ISBN13: 9783642034824
• ISBN10: 3642034829
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-04
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Justice between generations is still not as prominent on any agenda as justice between the rich and the poor or between men and women. For the first time, this three part book explores the situation of the young cohorts of today in comparison to their direct predecessors. The first one, The Financial Situation of the Young Generation in a Generational Comparison, deals with the financial situation of the young generation and the second part, The Rush hour of Life, with their time restrictions. Both are considered both from a life course perspective. The third part, On the path to Gerontocracy?, addresses the demographical shift in favour of the elderly in ageing Western democracies.

Author Biography

Joerg Chet Tremmel is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Intergenerational Justice Review and a visiting lecturer at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt, the Heinrich-Heine-University in Dsseldorf and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Table of Contents

The Financial Situation of the Young Generation in a Generational Comparison
The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work	p. 3
Comparing Welfare Regime Changes: Living Standards and the Unequal Life Chances of Different Birth Cohorts	p. 23
How Does Globalization Affect the Life Courses of Young Men and Women in Modern Societies?	p. 37
Traditional Inequalities and New Insecurities: Long-Term Trends in the Transition to the Labor Market in Germany	p. 57
German Bundestag Survey on Intergenerational Justice in the Labour Market	p. 77
The Rush Hour of Life
On the Way to Life-Domains Balance: Success Factors and Obstacles	p. 109
Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences	p. 129
The "Rush Hour" of Life: Insecurities and Strains in Early Life Phases as a Challenge for a Life Course-Oriented, Sustainable Social Policy	p. 155
On the Path to Gerontocracy?
Age Groups and Generations: Lines of Conflict and Potentials for Integration	p. 169
Who Wants What from the Welfare State? Socio-structural Cleavages in Distributional Politics: Evidence from Swiss Referendum Votes	p. 187
Being Less Active and Outnumbered?	p. 207
The Emergence of Pensioners' Parties in Contemporary Europe	p. 225
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