Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Story of Inheritance: Intergenerational Giving in Aging America -- Trends in Wealth Transfers -- The Aging American Family -- 2 The Inheritance Revolution -- The Origins of Our Inheritance Laws -- Early America -- Forging a New Path: Women and Inheritance Laws --...

Struggling Collectively for Truth and Justice -- Defamilisation and the Welfare State -- Elder Rights in the Context of the New Human Rights Discourse -- Active Aging and Citizenship -- The Political and Legal Contexts of Eldercare in Mexico -- Labor Unions and the Struggle for Political Power...