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Aging Societies and Intergenerational Solidarity
2010
Due to an increased life expectancy—more people over 65 years old and never before seen numbers of older adults above 85—all countries around the world are nowadays facing rapid demographic changes...
Family Reciprocity and Caring Relationships in Ageing Societies
2010
Custodial Grandparents: The State of the Art and the Many Faces of this Contribution
2009
The number of grandparent-headed households has been growing steadily since the early seventies, and an even larger increase has been experienced by the number of children reared by their grandpare...
Editorial and Introduction
2010
The steady decline in total fertility rates for all European Union (EU) countries since the 1970s combined with a steady increase in longevity has resulted in the maturing of European populations (...
Grandparents and Their Adolescent Grandchildren: Generational Stake or Generational Complaint? A Study with Dyads in Spain
2010
The majority of research on grandparenting has been carried out either from the perspective of the grandparent or from the perspective of the grandchild. The present study compares the perceptions of grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren on four relationship variables: frequency of contact, shared leisure activities, closeness, and grandparenting styles. A sample of 80 couples answered a series of parallel questionnaires. The results suggest that grandparents perceive a greater level of change in the relationships as grandchildren age. The discrepancies between members of the dyad seem not to follow the intergenerational stake hypothesis, which predicts that older generations will…
2019
Using the method of third-person elicitation and 171 interviews in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I examine one form of forced marriage, ‘marriage on the mat’ (ndoa ya mkeka). In it, girls’ parents use t...
Jeffrey Herf. Undeclared Wars with Israel : East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989.
2018
Indigenismo y migracionismo. Aspectos de la neolitización en la fachada oriental de la Península Ibérica
1996
This paper discusses various aspects on the origins of the Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. The dual model is proposed as an alternative to the dichotomy of demie (migrationist) and non-demic (indigenist) explanations. The application of this model in eastern Spain offers an opportunity to evaluate its potential to account for diversity in processes associated with the origins of food production and their spatial organisation.
Documentation and Archiving
2014
In this chapter a historical survey on the development of balances is presented, also in tabular form. The documentation of balance constructions in museums and literature is shown. The development of science museums, technical libraries, and societies which include balances is reviewed, and a list of museums which exhibit balances is given.
TREŚĆ I FORMA OPRACOWAŃ GRAFICZNYCH W MIEJSCOWYM PLANOWANIU PRZESTRZENNYM W KONTEKŚCIE ROZWOJU TECHNOLOGII GEOINFORMATYCZNYCH
2018
Spatial planning concerns activities that have a mapping in space, therefore graphic design is an indispensable part of planning documents. Their content and form change along with the changes in legal regulations and the development of technology. In the article, the author presents how the planning drawings made in the local planning changed in the post-war period, and indicates how they should be prepared at present, taking into account the current legal requirements and technological possibilities.