Why are adults in their twenties and thirties stuck in their
parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries?
There's no question that globalization has drastically changed the
cultural landscape across the world. The cost of living is rising,
and high unemployment rates have created an untenable economic
climate that has severely compromised the path to adulthood for
young people in their twenties and thirties. And there's no end in
sight. Families are hunkering down, expanding the reach of their
households to envelop economically vulnerable young adults.
Acclaimed sociologist Katherine Newman explores the trend toward a
rising number of "accordion families" composed of adult children
who will be living off their parents' retirement savings with
little means of their own when the older generation is gone.
While the trend crosses the developed world, the cultural and
political responses to accordion families differ dramatically. In
Japan, there is a sense of horror and fear associated with
"parasite singles," whereas in Italy, the "cult of "mammismo,"" or
mamma's boys, is common and widely accepted, though the government
is rallying against it. Meanwhile, in Spain, frustrated parents and
millenials angrily blame politicians and big business for the
growing number of youth forced to live at home.
Newman's investigation, conducted in six countries, transports the
reader into the homes of accordion families and uncovers
fascinating links between globalization and the failure-to-launch
trend. Drawing from over three hundred interviews, Newman concludes
that nations with weak welfare states have the highest frequency of
accordion families while the trend is virtually unknown in the
Nordic countries. The United States is caught in between. But
globalization is reshaping the landscape of adulthood everywhere,
and the consequences are far-reaching in our private lives. In this
gripping and urgent book, Newman urges Americans not to simply
dismiss the boomerang generation but, rather, to strategize how we
can help the younger generation make its own place in the
world.
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"From the Hardcover edition."
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