Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 3
Perspectives on Theory and Policy

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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Family, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume series
Partick Heady
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 and forgetting 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
Michal Buchowski
13 Gender, kinship and the market for social care
Sophie Chevalier
14 Kinship, neighbourhood and community in perspective
Georges Augustins
15 Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspective
Günther Schlee and Patrick Heady
16 Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour 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
Appendices: methods used to collect and analyse network data
Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network Questionnaire
Gordon Milligan
Appendix 2: data processing for analysis
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou
Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data quality
Patrick Heady
Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and III
Siegfried Gruber
Authors
Index
Family, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume series
Partick Heady
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 and forgetting 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
Michal Buchowski
13 Gender, kinship and the market for social care
Sophie Chevalier
14 Kinship, neighbourhood and community in perspective
Georges Augustins
15 Terminology and practice: European kinship in a world-wide perspective
Günther Schlee and Patrick Heady
16 Evolutionary approaches to human behaviour 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
Appendices: methods used to collect and analyse network data
Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network Questionnaire
Gordon Milligan
Appendix 2: data processing for analysis
Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou
Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data quality
Patrick Heady
Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and III
Siegfried Gruber
Authors
Index
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