Grandfathers Global Perspectives

Grandfathers Global Perspectives / edited by Ann Buchanan, Anna Rotkirch.

This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and analyse the impact of close involvement with their grandchildren. Within the context of increased divorce rates, single paren...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Buchanan, Ann (Editor), Rotkirch, Anna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Social groups.
Family.
Well-being.
Children.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Overview
  • 1. Introduction; Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch
  • 2. A new niche? The theory of grandfather involvement; David A Coall, Sonja Hilbrand, Rebecca Sear and Ralph Hertwig
  • Part II Grandfathers in their global context
  • 3. The social construction of grandfatherhood across time inEngland and the United States; Ann Buchanan
  • 4. Out of the shadows: Are grandfathers defining their own roles in the modern family in Denmark?; George Leeson
  • 5. Grandfathers: the parents’ perspective in the United Kingdom; Anne-Marie O'Leary (Netmums) and Ann Buchanan
  • 6. Maori Grandfathers in Aotearoa (New Zealand); Judith Davey and Cherryl Smith
  • 7. Understanding grandfatherhood in Asia through Chinese grandfathers in Singapore; Leng Leng Thang
  • Part III Factors influencing grandfather involvement
  • 8. Grandfathers in Australia. The gendered division of grandparent care; Briony Horsfall and Deborah Dempsey
  • 9. Good grandfathers have a partner; Knud Knudsen
  • 10. Grandfather involvement in Finland: impact of divorce , re-marriage, and widowhood; Mirkka Danielsbacka and Antti O. Tanskanen
  • Part IV Impact on grandfathers; 11. Physical health of custodial and caregiving grandfathers in North America; Julie Hicks Patrick, Danielle K. Nadorff, and Valerie K. Blake; Part V Impact on grandchildren 12. Maternal grandfathers and child development in England: impact on the early years; Antti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka
  • 13. Grandfather involvement and adolescent well-being in England and Wales; Jo-Pei-Tan and Ann Buchanan
  • 14. Grandfather involvement and adolescent well-being in South Africa; Lauren Wild
  • 15. Grandfathering and adolescent adjustment difficulties and pro-social behaviour among Israeli Jewish and Arab adolescents; Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz
  • 16. Conclusions: what have we learnt?; Anna Rotkirch and Ann Buchanan.

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