Books by Patrick Heady

Examines the sociological problem of the reconciliation of individual self-interest and social solidarity through the eyes of villagers in the east Italian Alps. This text traces the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes and the way local people have responded.

Over the years, a consensus has grown among European policy specialists that kinship should play a larger role in the welfare state. This title examines the fundamental questions about such kinship ties and seeks to understand how and why family members help each other and in what circumstances they might withhold their aid.