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• 1) Global Aging and the Challenge to Families. Vern L. Bengtson Ariela Lowenstein Norella M. Putney Daphna Gans. pp1 - 26.
• 2) Theories about Families, Organizations, and Social Supports. Eugene Litwak Merril Silverstein Vern L. Bengtson Ynez Wilson Hirst. pp27 - 53.
• 3) From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in the Family Life of Older Adults. Chris Phillipson. pp54 - 74.
• 4) Grandparents and Grandchildren in Family Systems: A Social-Developmental Perspective. Merril Silverstein Roseann Giarrusso Vern L. Bengtson. pp75 - 102.
• 5) Older People and Family in Social Policy. Simon Biggs Jason L. Powell. pp103 - 119.
• 6) Intergenerational Transfers in the Family: What Motivates Giving?. Martin Kohli Harald Künemund. pp123 - 142.
• 7) Family Characteristics and Loneliness among Older Parents. Kees Knipscheer Theo van Tilburg. pp143 - 158.
• 8) Disposable Children: On the Role of Offspring in the Construction on Conjugal Support in Later Life. Haim Hazan. pp159 - 171.
• 9) Israeli Attitudes about Inter Vivos Transfers. Seymour Spilerman Yuval Elmelech. pp175 - 195.
• 10) Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel. Howard Litwin. pp196 - 213.
• 11) Family Transfers and Cultural Transmissions Between Three Generations in France. Claudine Attias-Donfut. pp214 - 250.
• 12) Changing Roles of the Family and State for Elderly Care: A Confucian Perspective. Ki-Soo Eun. pp253 - 271.
• 13) Intergenerational Relationships of Japanese Seniors: Changing Patterns. Wataru Koyano. pp272 - 283.
• 14) "Modernization" and Economic Strain: The Impact of Social Change on Material Family Support for Older People in Ghana. Isabella Aboderin. pp284 - 302.
• 15) Family Norms and Preferences in Intergenerational Relations: A Comparative Perspective. R. Katz S. O. Daatland A. Lowenstein M. T. Bazo I. Ancizu K. Herlofson D. Mehlhausen-Hassoen D. Prilutzky. pp305 - 326.
• 16) The Role of Family for Quality of Life in Old Age: A Comparative Perspective. Andreas Motel-Klingebiel Clemens Tesch-Roemer Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz. pp327 - 354.
• 17) Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Intergenerational Social Support. Toni C. Antonucci James S. Jackson. pp355 -370.
• 18) Challenges of Global Aging to Families in the Twenty-First Century. Ariela Lowenstein Vern Bengtson. pp371 - 377.

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