Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict

Vern L. Bengtson and Petrice S. Oyama

Chapter Chapter Two in Intergenerational Solidarity, 2010, pp 35-52 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes some of the sociological parameters of intergenerational solidarity. We argue that there are two levels of analysis, the macro-and microsocial; the macrosocial is reflected at the level of society and groups (what we will call “macrogens”) and the microsocial at the level of families and individuals (“microgens”). Similarly, we argue that it is impossible to discuss solidarity without considering its opposite, conflict, and vice versa.

Keywords: Adult Child; Intergenerational Relationship; Intergenerational Equity; Global Aging; Intergenerational Relation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230115484_3

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