Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century (Introduction)

Abstract

Intergenerational Responsibility has many faces. Childhood income dynamics and elderly wealth privilege, intergenerational social stratification, intergenerational dependence, age-sensitive responses to exogenous shocks, climate justice and climate induced migration, sustainable development as well as intergenerational aspects of civil warfare. Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century aims at highlighting multifaceted problem responses through legal and policy frameworks, governance and agency as well as leadership and the intergenerational glue in the social compound. The edited volume compiles academic as well as practitioner-oriented chapters that outline the different applications of intergenerational responsibility in the global arena. In its entirety, the edited volume touches on intergenerational responsibility regarding income and opportunity imbalances between generations (Part 1), spacial and racial segregation (Part 2), migration (Part 3), sustainable development (Part 4), external shocks and crises resilience (Part 5) as well as the implementation of intergenerational fairness (Part 6).

Keywords: External Shocks and Crises Resilience, Implementation, Income Opportunity, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Responsibility, Migration, Spacial and Racial Segregation, Sustainable Development, Public Policy