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Kristina Göransson.

Kristina Göransson

Deputy Head of Department | Director of Doctoral Studies | Senior Lecturer | PhD in Social Anthropology | Associate Professor

Kristina Göransson.

Reassessing the Intergenerational Contract

Author

  • Kristina Göransson

Summary, in English

This paper addresses the concept of an intergenerational contract. Due to its various and/or imprecise definitions, the intergenerational contract seems a vague and descriptive notion with limited analytical relevance. Is it a contract based on kinship or a contract between age groups? Does it refer to implicit and informal obligations, or explicit and formal ones as well? The author discusses the advantages and limitations of the concept by drawing upon ethnographic examples from Singapore as well as existing literature on the intergenerational contract.

Department/s

  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

62-75

Publication/Series

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volume

11

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Social Work

Keywords

  • intergenerational contract
  • generation
  • family relations
  • ethnography
  • Singapore.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1535-0770