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Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict

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  1. Jennie Bristow

    1. Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Sociology of Generations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 3-18

    3. Understanding Generations Historically

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 19-41

    4. Mannheim’s ‘Problem of Generations’ Revisited

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 42-61

    5. The Birth of the Sixties — Generations after the Second World War

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 62-82

  3. The Construction of the Baby Boomers as a Social Problem in Britain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Cultural Script of the Baby Boomer Problem

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 85-114

    3. The Boomers as an Economic Problem

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 115-146

    4. The Boomers as a Cultural Problem

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 147-182

    5. Conclusion — The Problem of Generations Today

      • Jennie Bristow
      Pages 183-190

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 191-211
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The dominant cultural script is that the Baby Boomers have 'had it all', thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation of the Baby Boomers within a wider ambivalence about the legacy of the Sixties.

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"Like the fabled blind men trying to grasp the nature of an elephant, commentators on both sides of the Atlantic have struggled to understand the significance of the baby boomers, at different times offering very different, sometimes contradictory interpretations. By telling this fascinating story, Jennie Bristow offers a model for a symbolic demography that critically explores how and why we assign meanings to generations." -Joel Best, University of Delaware, USA

"Scan the cultural and political landscape today and it's hard not to conclude that Western society is experiencing a pronounced blurring of generational standards. The current furore over the 'Baby Boomer generation' only adds to this perception. Jennie Bristow's new book brings much needed clarity to all this generational confusion, and does so with no small amount of insight and flair. Required reading for social scientists looking for a considered introduction to 'generationalism', or anyone heading for retirement who wants to avoid a future of nonsensical stigmatisation." Professor Keith Hayward, University of Kent, UK.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent, UK

    Jennie Bristow

About the author

Jennie Bristow is an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent, UK, and a writer on intergenerational contact and conflict. She is co-author of Parenting Culture Studies (Palgrave, 2014) and Licensed to Hug (2010), and author of Standing Up To Supernanny (2009).

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