Preface | |
Foreword | |
Conceptual and Contextual Issues in the Current "Generational" Debate | p. 1 |
Is the "Contract Across Generations" Changing? Effects of Population Aging on Obligations and Expectations Across Age Groups | p. 3 |
Generational Relations in Historical Context | p. 25 |
Social Contexts of the Generational Contract | p. 43 |
An Historical Perspective on Support for Schooling by Different Age Cohorts | p. 45 |
Economic Status of the Young and Old in the Working-Age Population, 1964 and 1987 | p. 67 |
Of Deeds and Contracts: Filial Piety Perceived in Contemporary Shanghai | p. 87 |
Age Cohorts in Conflict? | p. 99 |
When the Contract Fails: Care for the Elderly in Nonindustrial Cultures | p. 101 |
Conflict over Intergenerational Equity: Rhetoric and Reality in a Comparative Context | p. 119 |
Intergenerational Relations and Welfare Restructuring: The Social Construction of an Intergenerational Problem | p. 141 |
Family Issues Across Generations | p. 167 |
Connections: Kin and Cohort | p. 169 |
Intergenerational Relations: Gender, Norms, and Behavior | p. 191 |
The Politics and Polity of Age Groups and Generations | p. 213 |
A Lifetime of Privilege? Aging and Generations at Century's End | p. 215 |
Interest Group Politics: Generational Changes in the Politics of Aging | p. 239 |
Setting the Agenda for Research on Cohorts and Generations: Theoretical, Political, and Policy Implications | p. 259 |
References | p. 273 |
Biographical Sketches of the Contributors | p. 299 |
Index | p. 303 |
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