The Changing Contract across Generations

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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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