Stop mugging grandma : the 'generation wars' and why boomer blaming won't solve anything /

A decisive intervention in the "war" between generations, asking who stands to gain from conflict between baby boomers and millennials Millennials have been incited to regard their parents' generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby boomers of the Sixties for the cultur...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Bristow, Jennie (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Serie:Yale scholarship online.
Länkar:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2149386
Innehållsförteckning:
  • The generation wars
  • Boomer-blaming : an elite bloodsport
  • Dramatising the crisis
  • What's so special about generations?
  • Generation fables and the 'end of history'
  • Millennial fears
  • 'Youthquakes' and the politicisation of generational identity
  • 'Democratic deficits' and the tyranny of 'future generations'
  • Ambivalent adulthood
  • Social insecurities and grown-up policymaking.