The Gift of Generations is an inquiry into the different cultural meanings of giving and deserving help in two aging societies. Post-industrial societies today contend with population dynamics that have never before existed. As the number of older people grows, countries must determine how best to provide for the needs of this population. The constraints are real: Fiscal and material resources are finite and must be shared in a way that is perceived as just. As such, societies confront the fundamental question of who gets what, how, and why, and ultimately must reappraise the principles…mehr
The Gift of Generations is an inquiry into the different cultural meanings of giving and deserving help in two aging societies. Post-industrial societies today contend with population dynamics that have never before existed. As the number of older people grows, countries must determine how best to provide for the needs of this population. The constraints are real: Fiscal and material resources are finite and must be shared in a way that is perceived as just. As such, societies confront the fundamental question of who gets what, how, and why, and ultimately must reappraise the principles determining why some people are considered more worthy of help than others. This study systematically explores the Japanese and American answers to this fundamental question.
1. Introduction: the social designation of deserving citizens; The private discourse: expectations of vulnerability the public discourse: responsibilities for intervention values, interests, and symbolic equity: a framework of analysis; 2. Two communities two societies: West Haven Westside Odawara comparing communities; 3. Rights and responsibilities in the public domain: entitlement, obligation, and equity individual, family, and state; 4. The practice of protection and intervention in the private domain: inside the household outside the household family and network the recognition of vulnerability; 5. The Japanese viewpoint: the protective approach; 6. The American viewpoint: the contingency approach; 7. Cultural assumptions and values: trajectories of need conditions of security intergenerational equity primary bonds of affection units of self sufficiency visions of resource affluence; 8. The social regulation of interests: credit, debt, and mutual interests rights, responsibilities, and collective interests the logic of symbolic equity distribution of symbolic resources: empowerment and disempowerment social and cultural constructions of support vulnerability and security entitlement and obligation reciprocity and dependency failures and costs; 9. Conclusion: Reflections on diversity and change.
1. Introduction: the social designation of deserving citizens; The private discourse: expectations of vulnerability the public discourse: responsibilities for intervention values, interests, and symbolic equity: a framework of analysis; 2. Two communities two societies: West Haven Westside Odawara comparing communities; 3. Rights and responsibilities in the public domain: entitlement, obligation, and equity individual, family, and state; 4. The practice of protection and intervention in the private domain: inside the household outside the household family and network the recognition of vulnerability; 5. The Japanese viewpoint: the protective approach; 6. The American viewpoint: the contingency approach; 7. Cultural assumptions and values: trajectories of need conditions of security intergenerational equity primary bonds of affection units of self sufficiency visions of resource affluence; 8. The social regulation of interests: credit, debt, and mutual interests rights, responsibilities, and collective interests the logic of symbolic equity distribution of symbolic resources: empowerment and disempowerment social and cultural constructions of support vulnerability and security entitlement and obligation reciprocity and dependency failures and costs; 9. Conclusion: Reflections on diversity and change.
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