Exploring generational intelligence as a model for examining the process of intergenerational relationships

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1107-1124

  Biggs, Simon ^a   Haapala, Irja ^b   Lowenstein, Ariela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

ageing; ambivalence; critical theory; generation; identity; solidarity; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGING; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84855336428     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000978     Document Type: Article

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