How to solve international collective action problems?: Cooperation for preserving the global environment
In: Society and economy: journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 97-111
ISSN: 1588-9726
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In: Society and economy: journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 97-111
ISSN: 1588-9726
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In: Corvinus journal of sociology and social policy, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 81-100
ISSN: 2061-5558
In: Family relations, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 670-681
ISSN: 1741-3729
ObjectiveThe goal of this project was to develop a systematic framework through which interventions promoting intergenerational solidarity in 11 countries could be assessed.BackgroundAlthough intergenerational solidarity—the exchange of material, social, and emotional support and care between family generations—benefits both the country's economic well‐being (macro‐level) and the individual's physical, mental, and social well‐being (micro‐level), decreasing intergenerational solidarity is evident in many industrialized countries. Interventions promoting intergenerational solidarity are increasingly being developed, but few are described in the literature. Moreover, no unifying framework describing them exists.MethodRepresentatives from 11 countries convened to identify interventions promoting intergenerational solidarity. After several meetings, a unifying framework was created. Representatives selected a convenience sample of programs and abstracted information based on the framework.ResultsThe outcome of social well‐being was virtually ubiquitous in most programs. Countries appeared to take a broad view of intergenerational solidarity, focusing on interactions among generations, rather than interactions within families.Discussion and ImplicationsThe framework enabled the systematic abstraction and assessment of programs. Most programs had no standard method of evaluating their outcomes. Longitudinal evaluations would be optimal if we want to identify the best practices in intergenerational solidarity programs.