Over the last few years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that the extended family has a central role to play in the provision of social security. If this view is sincere, and not simply an attempt to reduce state welfare budgets, it is necessary for government officials and social scientists to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid. With Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, the editors and their collaborators have gathered a three-volume array of historical, sociological, and ethnographic data that introduce readers to the types of kin relationships found around contemporary Europe, the strengths and weaknesses of the various systems, and the extent to which each can be influenced-for better or worse-by the state. Historical and comparative analyses track the impact of political and economic change and show how variables such as marriage, cohabitation, and divorce rates; lower fertility; and aging populations interact with the performance and structure of kinship networks. Seit einigen Jahren besteht Konsens darüber, dass 'Familie' auch heute noch eine zentrale Funktion bei der Bereitstellung von Sozialleistungen einnimmt. Die Familie ist wichtig für Pflege, Bildung, finanzielle Unterstützung oder Hilfe bei der Arbeitssuche. Doch die Rolle der Familie war und ist über Zeit und Raum nicht immer die gleiche. Die hier versammelten historischen, demografischen, soziologischen und ethnografischen Studien zeigen, welche Unterschiede das Modell der Familie in verschiedenen europäischen Regionen aufweist. Daneben verdeutlichen sie, wie neue Formen von Partnerschaft, abnehmende Geburtenraten und das Altern der Gesellschaft das Bild der Familie und ihre Rolle im Bereich der sozialen Sicherung verändern. Band 3 verknüpft die Netzwerkanalyse europäischer Verwandtschaft mit ethnografischen und historischen Erkenntnissen und benennt so die aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Theorie- und Politikdiskussion.

Patrick Heady ist Forschungsmitarbeiter am MPI für ethnologische Forschung in Halle. Martin Kohli ist Professor am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut, Florenz.

Contents Acknowledgements Family, kinship and state in contemporary Europe: a brief overview of the three-volume series Patrick 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 Micha? 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 A1 Appendix 1: a brief explanation of the Kinship Network Questionnaire Gordon Milligan A2 Appendix 2: data processing for analysis Patrick Heady, Siegfried Gruber and Zhonghui Ou A3 Appendix 3: sampling, fieldwork and data quality Patrick Heady A4 Appendix 4: other statistical sources used in volumes II and III Siegfried Gruber Authors Index

Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe. Leitend herausgegeben von Patrick Heady