Kinship Family and State in Contemporary Europe

Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe - Perspectives on Theory and Policy; . / Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe 3

Vol. 3. Perspectives on Theory and Policy
Herausgegeben:Heady, Patrick; Kohli, Martin

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Produktbeschreibung

Over the last few years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that the extended family has a central role to play in the provision of social security. If this view is sincere, and not simply an attempt to reduce state welfare budgets, it is necessary for government officials and social scientists to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid.

With Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, the editors and their collaborators have gathered a three-volume array of historical, sociological, and ethnographic data that introduce readers to the types of kin relationships found around contemporary Europe, the strengths and weaknesses of the various systems, and the extent to which each can be influenced - for better or worse - by the state. Historical and comparative analyses track the impact of political and economic change and show how variables such as marriage, cohabitation, and divorce rates; lower fertility; and aging populations interact with the performance and structure of kinship networks.

Seit einigen Jahren besteht Konsens darüber, dass "Familie" auch heute noch eine zentrale Funktion bei der Bereitstellung von Sozialleistungen einnimmt. Die Familie ist wichtig für Pflege, Bildung, finanzielle Unterstützung oder Hilfe bei der Arbeitssuche. Doch die Rolle der Familie war und ist über Zeit und Raum nicht immer die gleiche. Die hier versammelten historischen, demografischen, soziologischen und ethnografischen Studien zeigen, welche Unterschiede das Modell der Familie in verschiedenen europäischen Regionen aufweist. Daneben verdeutlichen sie, wie neue Formen von Partnerschaft, abnehmende Geburtenraten und das Altern der Gesellschaft das Bild der Familie und ihre Rolle im Bereich der sozialen Sicherung verändern.

Band 3 verknüpft die Netzwerkanalyse europäischer Verwandtschaft mit ethnografischen und historischen Erkenntnissen und benennt so die aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Theorie- und Politikdiskussion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Campus Verlag / University of Chicago Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 38963
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 451
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9783593389639
• ISBN-10: 3593389630
• Artikelnr.: 26385837

Autorenporträt

Patrick Heady ist Forschungsmitarbeiter am MPI für ethnologische Forschung in Halle.
Martin Kohli ist Professor am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut, Florenz.

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsAcknowledgementsFamily, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume seriesPatrick Heady1 Introduction: towards a political economy of kinship and welfarePatrick Heady and Martin Kohli2 Family, kindred and marriagePatrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou3 Remembering and forgetting kinMichael Schnegg4 Domestic helpSiegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady5 Structural helpSiegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady6 Reciprocity and altruism in practical assistancePatrick Heady and Zhonghui Ou7 Close kin influences on fertility behaviourLaura Bernardi and Robert G. White8 Birth rates, values and social patternsPatrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou9 Linkages among adult family generations: evidence from comparative survey researchMartin Kohli, Marco Albertini and Harald Künemund10 The modern reality of kinship: sources and significance of new kinship forms in contemporary EuropeMartine Segalen11 Macro-regional differences in European kinship culturePier Paolo Viazzo12 Family in Europe: urban and rural contexts comparedMicha? Buchowski13 Gender, kinship and the market for social careSophie Chevalier14 Kinship, neighbourhood and community in perspectiveGeorges Augustins15 Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspectiveGünther Schlee and Patrick Heady16 Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour in anthropology: a general overview and application to the KASS projectHeidi Colleran and Ruth Mace17 Conclusion: implications for policyMartin Kohli and Patrick HeadyAppendices: methods used to collect and analyse network dataA1 Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network QuestionnaireGordon MilliganA2 Appendix 2: data processing for analysisPatrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui OuA3 Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data qualityPatrick HeadyA4 Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and IIISiegfried GruberAuthorsIndexContents

Acknowledgements

Family, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume series
Patrick Heady

1 Introduction: towards a political economy of kinship and welfare
Patrick Heady and Martin Kohli

2 Family, kindred and marriage
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

3 Remembering and forgetting kin
Michael Schnegg

4 Domestic help
Siegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady

5 Structural help
Siegfried Gruber and Patrick Heady

6 Reciprocity and altruism in practical assistance
Patrick Heady and Zhonghui Ou

7 Close kin influences on fertility behaviour
Laura Bernardi and Robert G. White

8 Birth rates, values and social patterns
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

9 Linkages among adult family generations: evidence from comparative survey research
Martin Kohli, Marco Albertini and Harald Künemund

10 The modern reality of kinship: sources and significance of new kinship forms in contemporary Europe
Martine Segalen

11 Macro-regional differences in European kinship culture
Pier Paolo Viazzo

12 Family in Europe: urban and rural contexts compared
Micha? Buchowski

13 Gender, kinship and the market for social care
Sophie Chevalier

14 Kinship, neighbourhood and community in perspective
Georges Augustins

15 Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspective
Günther Schlee and Patrick Heady

16 Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour in anthropology: a general overview and application to the KASS project
Heidi Colleran and Ruth Mace

17 Conclusion: implications for policy
Martin Kohli and Patrick Heady

Appendices: methods used to collect and analyse network data

A1 Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network Questionnaire
Gordon Milligan

A2 Appendix 2: data processing for analysis
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou

A3 Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data quality
Patrick Heady

A4 Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and III
Siegfried Gruber

Authors

Index