Generational conflict has attracted considerable attention in the media and within academic circles during the past decade
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Preface Foreword PART I Conceptual and Contextual Issues in the Current Generational Debate 1 Is the Contract Across Generations Changing? Effects of Population Aging on Obligations and Expectations Across Age Groups 2 Generational Relations in Historical Context PART II Social Contexts of the Generational Contract 3 An Historical Perspective on Support for Schooling by Different Age Cohorts 4 Economic Status of the Young and Old in the Working-Age Population, 1964 and 1987 5 Of Deeds and Contracts: Filial Piety Perceived in Contemporary Shanghai PART III Age Cohorts in Conflict? 6 When the Contract Fails: Care for the Elderly in Nonindustrial Cultures 7 Conflict over Intergenerational Equity: Rhetoric and Reality in a Comparative Context 8 Intergenerational Relations and Welfare Restructuring: The Social Construction of an Intergenerational Problem PART IV Family Issues Across Generations 9 Connections: Kin and Cohort 10 Intergenerational Relations: Gender, Norms, and Behavior PART V The Politics and Polity of Age Groups and Generations 11 A Lifetime of Privilege? Aging and Generations at Century's End 12 Interest Group Politics: Generational Changes in the Politics of Aging 13 Setting the Agenda for Research on Cohorts and Generations: Theoretical, Political, and Policy Implications
