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The Role of Grandparents in the 21st Century
Global Perspectives on Changing Roles and Consequences
- 178 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
The Role of Grandparents in the 21st Century
Global Perspectives on Changing Roles and Consequences
About this book
Across the world, the role of grandparents is changing. This book highlights the changing roles, and the consequences of these changes, for both grandchildren and grandparents, by drawing together leading international authorities on grandparenting and intergenerational relations.
The book includes scholarly summaries of research as well as new research findings. It should be an invaluable resource for other scholars and students investigating the role of grandparents today.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.
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Yes, you can access The Role of Grandparents in the 21st Century by Ann Buchanan,Anna Rotkirch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Twenty-first century grandparents: global perspectives on changing roles and consequences
- 2 Global demographic change and grandparenthood
- 3 Interdisciplinary perspectives on grandparental investment: a journey towards causality
- 4 Grandparents as substitute parents in the UK
- 5 Variations in grandfathering: characteristics of involved, passive, and disengaged grandfathers
- 6 Marital disruption and intergenerational relations among older Finns
- 7 Grandparenting and adolescent well-being: evidence from the UK and Israel
- 8 Grandparental involvement and South African adolescents' emotional and behavioural health: a summary of research findings
- 9 Do grandparents matter? Intergenerational relationships between the closest grandparents and Malaysian adolescents
- 10 Outdated assumptions about maternal grandmothers? Gender and lineage in grandparent-grandchild relationships
- 11 Grandparents' social identities in cultural context
- 12 Assessing associations in substance use across three generations: from grandparents to sons and from sons to their children
- Index