Contemporary grandparenting : changing family relationships in global contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 306.8745 |
Soggetto topico | Grandparenting - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-4473-0762-3
1-280-67695-7 9786613653888 1-84742-969-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
'Assumed' consensual solidarity and normative solidarity between the (prospective) parental generation and grandparent generationNegotiating solidarity: grandparents as moral guardians; Existence of functional solidarity and patterns of associational solidarity; Ambivalence; Discussion and conclusion; Part Two: Grandparent identities and agency; 7. Being there yet not interfering: the paradoxes of grandparenting; Introduction; Norms, paradoxes and ambivalence; The study; 'Not interfering' and the paradox of parenting; 'Being there' and the paradox of self-determination; Parents as gatekeepers.
5. Solidarity, ambivalence and multigenerational co-residence in Hong KongIntroduction; Theoretical approaches to intergenerational relationships; Living in Hong Kong; Methods; Multigenerational co-residence as an act of filial piety; Centrality of functional solidarity?; Normative solidarity in connection with ambivalence; Discussion and conclusion; 6. Grandparenting in the context of care for grandchildren by foreign domestic workers; Introduction; Study context: contemporary Singapore (since 2000); Methods and data collection. Methods and dataDepression among Chinese and US custodial grandparents; Resources of grandparents in rural China; Depressive symptoms among grandparents in rural China; Discussion and conclusion; 4. Grandmothers juggling work and grandchildren in the United States; Introduction; Decrease in support from the US welfare state and employers; Increase in the need for 'granny care'; Data and methodology; Grandmothers juggling paid work and care work; Using paid work to set boundaries; Using work to finance grandchild care; Responsibilities for ageing parents; Discussion and conclusion. The focus of the chapterThe demography of grandparenthood; Is there a grandparenthood role? Surprising Norwegian findings; Comparative data on role expectations and role enactment in European societies; Grandparental roles in the context of wider family responsibilities; The substitution versus complementarity debate revisited; Grandparents as 'mother savers' or 'family savers'; Conclusion; 3. The wellbeing of grandparents caring for grandchildren in China and the United States; Introduction; Custodial grandparenting in rural China; Comparing custodial grandparenting in the US and China. Contemporary grandparenting; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; 1. A new look at grandparenting; Demographics of grandparenting; Earlier frameworks for research on grandparenthood; Gender, generation and grandparenting; Influences of societal and cultural contexts on grandparenting; Grandparenting norms, identities and agency; Conclusion; Part One: Grandparents responding to economic and family transformations; 2. Transformations in the role of grandparents across welfare states; Introduction: the many images of modern grandparenthood. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790382103321 |
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Contemporary grandparenting : changing family relationships in global contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 306.8745 |
Soggetto topico | Grandparenting - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-4473-0762-3
1-280-67695-7 9786613653888 1-84742-969-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
'Assumed' consensual solidarity and normative solidarity between the (prospective) parental generation and grandparent generationNegotiating solidarity: grandparents as moral guardians; Existence of functional solidarity and patterns of associational solidarity; Ambivalence; Discussion and conclusion; Part Two: Grandparent identities and agency; 7. Being there yet not interfering: the paradoxes of grandparenting; Introduction; Norms, paradoxes and ambivalence; The study; 'Not interfering' and the paradox of parenting; 'Being there' and the paradox of self-determination; Parents as gatekeepers.
5. Solidarity, ambivalence and multigenerational co-residence in Hong KongIntroduction; Theoretical approaches to intergenerational relationships; Living in Hong Kong; Methods; Multigenerational co-residence as an act of filial piety; Centrality of functional solidarity?; Normative solidarity in connection with ambivalence; Discussion and conclusion; 6. Grandparenting in the context of care for grandchildren by foreign domestic workers; Introduction; Study context: contemporary Singapore (since 2000); Methods and data collection. Methods and dataDepression among Chinese and US custodial grandparents; Resources of grandparents in rural China; Depressive symptoms among grandparents in rural China; Discussion and conclusion; 4. Grandmothers juggling work and grandchildren in the United States; Introduction; Decrease in support from the US welfare state and employers; Increase in the need for 'granny care'; Data and methodology; Grandmothers juggling paid work and care work; Using paid work to set boundaries; Using work to finance grandchild care; Responsibilities for ageing parents; Discussion and conclusion. The focus of the chapterThe demography of grandparenthood; Is there a grandparenthood role? Surprising Norwegian findings; Comparative data on role expectations and role enactment in European societies; Grandparental roles in the context of wider family responsibilities; The substitution versus complementarity debate revisited; Grandparents as 'mother savers' or 'family savers'; Conclusion; 3. The wellbeing of grandparents caring for grandchildren in China and the United States; Introduction; Custodial grandparenting in rural China; Comparing custodial grandparenting in the US and China. Contemporary grandparenting; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; 1. A new look at grandparenting; Demographics of grandparenting; Earlier frameworks for research on grandparenthood; Gender, generation and grandparenting; Influences of societal and cultural contexts on grandparenting; Grandparenting norms, identities and agency; Conclusion; Part One: Grandparents responding to economic and family transformations; 2. Transformations in the role of grandparents across welfare states; Introduction: the many images of modern grandparenthood. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815267303321 |
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Critical perspectives on ageing societies / / edited by Miriam Bernard and Thomas Scharf [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK : , : Policy, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Ageing and the lifecourse |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Social conditions
Gerontology |
ISBN |
1-4473-0200-1
1-281-74170-1 9786611741709 1-84742-239-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGEING SOCIETIES; Contents; List of tables, boxes and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Critical perspectives on ageing societies; 2. Critical gerontology: reflections for the 21st century; 3. Using human rights to defeat ageism: dealing with policy-induced 'structured dependency'; 4. The re-medicalisation of later life; 5. Narratives as agents of social change: a new direction for narrative gerontologists; 6. Redressing the balance? The participation of older people in research
7. Revisiting The Last Refuge: present-day methodological challenges8. The road to an age-inclusive society; 9. Justice between generations: the recent history of an idea; 10. Progress in gerontology :where are we going now?; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777311003321 |
Bristol, UK : , : Policy, , 2007 | ||
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Critical perspectives on ageing societies / / edited by Miriam Bernard and Thomas Scharf [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK : , : Policy, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Ageing and the lifecourse |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Social conditions
Gerontology |
ISBN |
1-4473-0200-1
1-281-74170-1 9786611741709 1-84742-239-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AGEING SOCIETIES; Contents; List of tables, boxes and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Critical perspectives on ageing societies; 2. Critical gerontology: reflections for the 21st century; 3. Using human rights to defeat ageism: dealing with policy-induced 'structured dependency'; 4. The re-medicalisation of later life; 5. Narratives as agents of social change: a new direction for narrative gerontologists; 6. Redressing the balance? The participation of older people in research
7. Revisiting The Last Refuge: present-day methodological challenges8. The road to an age-inclusive society; 9. Justice between generations: the recent history of an idea; 10. Progress in gerontology :where are we going now?; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823233903321 |
Bristol, UK : , : Policy, , 2007 | ||
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Digital sociologies / edited by Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory, Tressie Macmillan Cottom |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : Policy, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | XXX, 497 p. ; 25 cm |
Disciplina |
301
302.231 |
Soggetto non controllato | Sociologia - Uso dei media digitali |
ISBN | 9781447329015 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910325458203321 |
Bristol : Policy, 2017 | ||
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Enterprising care? : unpaid voluntary action in the 21st century / / Irene Hardill and Susan Baines [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Hardill Irene <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 361.370941 |
Soggetto topico | Voluntarism - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-4473-0219-2
1-283-32134-3 9786613321343 1-84742-722-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pt. 1. Reflections on social mix policy -- pt. 2. Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times -- pt. 3. Social mix policies and gentrification -- pt. 4. The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies -- pt. 5. Experiencing social mix. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781591103321 |
Hardill Irene <1951->
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Enterprising care? : unpaid voluntary action in the 21st century / / Irene Hardill and Susan Baines [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Hardill Irene <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 361.370941 |
Soggetto topico | Voluntarism - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-4473-0219-2
1-283-32134-3 9786613321343 1-84742-722-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pt. 1. Reflections on social mix policy -- pt. 2. Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times -- pt. 3. Social mix policies and gentrification -- pt. 4. The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies -- pt. 5. Experiencing social mix. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820094203321 |
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Exploring concepts of child well-being : Implications for children's services / / Nick Axford |
Autore | Axford Nick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.7 |
Collana | Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion |
Soggetto topico |
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Children - Services for - Evaluation Child welfare - Research Child welfare - Government policy Child welfare Child welfare - England - London Children - Social conditions - Research |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4473-0227-3
1-281-79409-0 9786611794095 1-84742-339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Exploring concepts ofchild well-being; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Need; 3. Rights; 4. Poverty; 5. Quality of life; 6. Social exclusion; 7. Relationships between the concepts; 8. Child well-being through different lenses; 9. Relationships between the conditions; 10. Matching conditions and service styles; 11. Developing congruent children's services; 12. Conclusions; Appendix A: Method; Appendix B: Logistic regression; Appendix C: The 60 variables; Appendix D: Additional results; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453349203321 |
Axford Nick
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Faith in the public realm : Controversies, policies and practices / / edited by Adam Dinham, Robert Furbey, Vivien Lowndes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Policy, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 201.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LowndesVivien
FurbeyRobert DinhamAdam |
Soggetto topico |
Religion och samhälle
Religion Religiöser Konflikt Staat Öffentlichkeit Religion and state SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology of Religion RELIGION - Religion, Politics & State |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4473-0228-1
1-84742-442-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Faith in the public realm; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Faith and the public realm; 2. Controversies of 'public faith'; 3. 'Soft' segregation: Muslim identity, British secularism and inequality; 4. How participation changes things:'inter-faith', 'multi-faith' and a new public imaginary; 5. Faith, multiculturalism and community cohesion:a policy conversation; 6. Blurred encounters? Religious literacy, spiritual capital and language; 7. Religion, political participation and civic engagement: women's experiences. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455391203321 |
Bristol : , : Policy, , 2009 | ||
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The glass consumer : Life in a surveillance society / / edited by Susanne Lace |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, : Policy, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.448 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LaceSusanne |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4473-0383-0
1-281-15982-4 9786611159825 1-84742-127-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE GLASS CONSUMER - Life in a surveillance society; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Personal information: friend or foe?; Impacts on consumers; Outlining the chapters; Part One: Orientations; 1 - The personal information economy: trends and prospects for consumers; 2 - Regulatory provisions for privacy protection; 3 - The use and value of privacy enhancing technologies; Part Two: Contexts; 4 - The data-informed marketing model and its social responsibility; 5 - Personal data in the public sector: reconciling necessary sharing with confidentiality?
Part Three: Case studies6 - Data use in credit and insurance: controlling unfair outcomes; 7 - Personal information in the National Health Service: the demise or rise of patient interests?; Part Four: NCC's agenda; 8 - The new personal information agenda; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458624103321 |
Bristol, : Policy, 2005 | ||
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