Generation(s)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23598677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudine Attias‐donfut (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0143 |
| OpenAlex | W4246670018 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The social sciences are experiencing a strong development of academic work referring to the concept of generation. In the extensive literature on this subject, the term “generation” has multiple meanings but two in particular: one anthropological and related to the family, and the other sociological and demographic, linked to the notion of a birth cohort.
Epistemology · First generation · Library science · Population · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Term (time) · Third generation · Anthropology · Computer Science · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Philosophy · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |