Los cuidados en las familias: senderos de la solidaridad intergeneracional
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Demographic dynamics and increased life expectancy, various forms of family organization and repeated economic crises have transformed the performance of households and intergenerational relationships. These changes are joint by relatively low fertility and later age of motherhood. All these aspects influence child and seniors adults care and is one of the problems that public policies are facing in the coming decades. In most Latin American countries care is provided for free mostly by family members and it is mainly done by women. Within families, generations maintain links that involve an exchange of services and goods marked by affection and responsibility, love, negotiation and conflict.The overall objective of this paper is to collaborate with the construction of a theoretical frame and reflect on one of the current debates in the field of care approach: the trajectories of family allowances considering intergenerational relationships. The main definitions of these relationships are reviewed, moral and emotional and practical imperatives of each generation, some empirical studies on this topic are relieved and some questions are raised as recommendations on the role of families, the state and the market.
Source: Argumentos.
Authors: Elsa M. Macías, Liliana Flindling, María Paula Lehner, María Pía Venturiello, Marisa Ponce, Silvia Mario, Estefanía Cirino, Laura Champalbert
Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2275862467