In this volume the authors use network data to measure the extent of mutual assistance between relatives and explore its connection to residence and marriage patterns, intergenerational relationships, gender roles and fertility. They go on to review the findings of the whole study – drawing critically on theories of altruism, reciprocity, cultural continuity and socio-economic change. The book closes with some recommendations for policy. ,,
Table of Contents
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 the forgotten 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
(Michał Buchowski)
13) Gender, kinship and the market for social care
(Sophie Chevalier)
14) Kinship, neighborhood and community perspective
(Georges Augustins)
15) Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspective
(Günther Schlee and Patrick Heady)
16) Evolutionary approaches to human behavior 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)