Is there such a thing as ‘global generations'? What does ‘global generation' mean? Can we, as we did so far, still understand the concept of generation in a national frame of reference? Or do we need a cosmopolitan outlook to understand the generational dynamics that exacerbate...

Work/family reconciliation policies have increasingly become part of employment-led social policy at both EU and Member State levels. Given this trend, we expected to see more attention to policies that unequivocally promote women's employment: childcare provision and the promotion of flexible...

Like other western societies Germany, too, has experienced increasing divorce rates, a growing number of lone parents, women's and men's reluctance to marry and to have children and increasing rates of cohabitation. However, changing marriage and family behavior does not cause moral panics. They...