Editors:
- Addresses the current invisibility of grandfathers in the family literature
- Provides a broad, international perspective with chapters on grandparenting in the US, North America, Denmark, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa
- Puts the role of grandfathers into a wider context, addressing issues such as the ageing population and divorce rates
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (PSFL)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview
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Grandfathers in Their Global Context
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Factors Influencing Grandfather Involvement
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Impact on Grandfathers
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About this book
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 parent families and healthier, more active elders, grandfathers have come out of the shadows and re-invented themselves in a new caring, nurturing role.
These original studies demonstrate that grandfather involvement is independently and positively associated with higher levels of child well-being in the UK and South Africa, as well as in Arab and Israeli teenagers, and pre-school children in England.
The chapters conclude that societies could benefit from encouraging more grandfathers to become actively involved in their grandchildren’s lives and argues the case for grandparent visitation rights in those countries that currently do not have them.
Reviews
“This book gives a fascinating perspective on how the role of the grandfather in changing. I recommend it as an important read for all family scholars.” (Martin Kohli, European University Institute, Italy)
“This fascinating collection is the first to examine grandfatherhood around the world and will surely initiate further scholarship on this important topic.” (Michael Lamb, University of Cambridge, UK)
“This edited book provides a useful global perspective of grandfathers’ roles across societies.” (Ziarat Hossain, University of New Mexico, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Ann Buchanan
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Heidelberg, Germany
Anna Rotkirch
About the editors
Ann Buchanan is Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. She has been researching into child and family well-being, specifically fathering, grandparenting and divorce, for more than twenty years. At Oxford she directed the Centre for Research into Parenting and Children. Her work has an international profile and she was awarded an MBE in 2012.
Anna Rotkirch is Research Director at Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland, studying family ties and childbearing from sociological and evolutionary perspectives. She is Director of the longitudinal study of generational transmissions in Finland which follows the baby boomer generation and their adult children. Previous publications include (with Ann Buchanan, eds.) Low Fertility and Population Decline (Palgrave, 2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Grandfathers
Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives
Editors: Ann Buchanan, Anna Rotkirch
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56338-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56337-8Published: 05 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56338-5Published: 24 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-6440
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 327
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Child Well-being