Grandparenting Practices Around the World
Reshaping family
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2018
308 pages
978-1-4473-4066-9 (ISBN)
Description
This exciting collection presents an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the unprecedented phenomenon of increasing numbers of grandparents worldwide, co-existing and interacting for longer periods of time with their grandchildren.
The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting practices. It is the only collection that brings together theory-driven research on grandparenting from a wide variety of cultural and welfare state contexts - including chapters on Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia - drawing broad lines of debate rather than focusing at a country level.
Building on the success of 'Contemporary grandparenting', edited by Virpi Timonen and Sarah Arber, this book further deepens our understanding of how social structures continue to shape grandparenting across a wide range of cultural and economic contexts. The book is essential reading and reference for researchers, students and policy-makers who want to understand the growing influence of grandparents in ageing families and societies across the world.
The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting practices. It is the only collection that brings together theory-driven research on grandparenting from a wide variety of cultural and welfare state contexts - including chapters on Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia - drawing broad lines of debate rather than focusing at a country level.
Building on the success of 'Contemporary grandparenting', edited by Virpi Timonen and Sarah Arber, this book further deepens our understanding of how social structures continue to shape grandparenting across a wide range of cultural and economic contexts. The book is essential reading and reference for researchers, students and policy-makers who want to understand the growing influence of grandparents in ageing families and societies across the world.
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Persons
Editor
University of Helsinki
Virpi Timonen is Professor in Social Policy and Ageing at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on the sociology of ageing and social policies as they are unfolding in ageing societies. She has an interest in the life course from youth to old age, especially in the context of intergenerational relations within families and societies.
Virpi Timonen is Professor in Social Policy and Ageing at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on the sociology of ageing and social policies as they are unfolding in ageing societies. She has an interest in the life course from youth to old age, especially in the context of intergenerational relations within families and societies.
Contributions
Masaryk University
Lucie Vidovicová is a researcher at the Office for Populational Studies in the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, and at the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs.
Lucie Vidovicová is a researcher at the Office for Populational Studies in the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, and at the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs.
Masaryk University
Researcher, Faculty of Social Studies, Masryk University
Researcher, Faculty of Social Studies, Masryk University
National University of SIngapore
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore
Syracruse University
Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Virginia Tech
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
University of Tampere
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
University of Tampere
Lecturer, University of Tampere, faculty of social sciences
Lecturer, University of Tampere, faculty of social sciences
UNSW
Research Officer, UNSW Australia
Research Officer, UNSW Australia
The University of Sydney Business School
The University of Mebourne
Professor of Sociology & Social Policy
Professor of Sociology & Social Policy
Tulane University
Program manager for research activities, School of Social work, Tulance University
Program manager for research activities, School of Social work, Tulance University
McMaster University
Professor, McMaster University
Professor, McMaster University
North-West University, South Africa/University of Oxford, UK
Professor/James Martin Senior Research Fellow, North-West University, South Africa/University of Oxford, UK
Professor/James Martin Senior Research Fellow, North-West University, South Africa/University of Oxford, UK
Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
Research Professor Emeritus, Population Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michaigan, and International Staff, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College London
Professor of Gerontology, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Kings College London
Professor of Gerontology, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Kings College London
Lecturer in Global Ageing, Institute of Gerontology, Kings College London
Researcher, University of Edinburgh
Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario
Content
Introduction: Widening the lens on grandparenting ~ By Virpi Timonen;
Section 1: The demographic and welfare state contexts of grandparenting;
The demography of grandparenthood in Europe and North America ~ by Rachel Margolis and Bruno Arpino;
Grandparental childcare: A re-conceptualisation of family policy regimes ~ by Debora Price, Eloi Ribe, Giorgio Di Gessa and Karen Glaser;
Section 2: Grandparenting in contexts of economic and societal development;
Grandparenting in developing Southeast Asia: Comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam ~ by John Knodel and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan;
Second parenthood realities, Third Age ideals: (grand)parenthood in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS ~ by Jaco Hoffman;
Section 3: Transnational grandparenting;
Transnational grandparenting: The intersection of transnationalism and translocality ~ Yanqiu Rachel Zhou;
Transnational grandmother-grandchild relationships in the context of migration from Lithuania to Ireland ~ by Dovile Vildaite;
Section 4: Gender, intersectionalities and grandparenting
The composition of grandparent childcare: Gendered patterns in cross-national perspective ~ by Lyn Craig, Myra Hamilton and Judith E. Brown;
Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland ~ by Hanna Ojala and Ilkka Pietila;
Grandfamilies in the United States: An intersectional analysis by Megan Dolbin-MacNab and April Few Demo;
Section 5: Grandparental roles, agency and influence;
How grandparents influence the religiosity of their grandchildren: a mixed methods study of three-generation families in the United States ~ by Vern Bengtson and Merril Silverstein;
Can Chinese grandparents say no? A comparison of grandmothers in two Asian cities ~ by Esther C. L. Goh and Shengli Wang;
"I am not that type of a grandparent": (non-) compliance with the grandmother archetype among contemporary Czech grandparents ~ Lucie Galcanová and Lucie Vidovicová;
Conclusions ~ by Virpi Timonen.
Section 1: The demographic and welfare state contexts of grandparenting;
The demography of grandparenthood in Europe and North America ~ by Rachel Margolis and Bruno Arpino;
Grandparental childcare: A re-conceptualisation of family policy regimes ~ by Debora Price, Eloi Ribe, Giorgio Di Gessa and Karen Glaser;
Section 2: Grandparenting in contexts of economic and societal development;
Grandparenting in developing Southeast Asia: Comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam ~ by John Knodel and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan;
Second parenthood realities, Third Age ideals: (grand)parenthood in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS ~ by Jaco Hoffman;
Section 3: Transnational grandparenting;
Transnational grandparenting: The intersection of transnationalism and translocality ~ Yanqiu Rachel Zhou;
Transnational grandmother-grandchild relationships in the context of migration from Lithuania to Ireland ~ by Dovile Vildaite;
Section 4: Gender, intersectionalities and grandparenting
The composition of grandparent childcare: Gendered patterns in cross-national perspective ~ by Lyn Craig, Myra Hamilton and Judith E. Brown;
Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland ~ by Hanna Ojala and Ilkka Pietila;
Grandfamilies in the United States: An intersectional analysis by Megan Dolbin-MacNab and April Few Demo;
Section 5: Grandparental roles, agency and influence;
How grandparents influence the religiosity of their grandchildren: a mixed methods study of three-generation families in the United States ~ by Vern Bengtson and Merril Silverstein;
Can Chinese grandparents say no? A comparison of grandmothers in two Asian cities ~ by Esther C. L. Goh and Shengli Wang;
"I am not that type of a grandparent": (non-) compliance with the grandmother archetype among contemporary Czech grandparents ~ Lucie Galcanová and Lucie Vidovicová;
Conclusions ~ by Virpi Timonen.
