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Contemporary Grandparenting : Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen
| Contemporary Grandparenting : Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : Policy, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.874/5
306.8745 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TimonenVirpi
ArberSara <1949-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Grandparenting
Grandparent and child SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology - Marriage & Family FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Parenting - Grandparenting Grandparenting - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| 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-9910462455203321 |
| Chicago : , : Policy, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary grandparenting : changing family relationships in global contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen [[electronic resource]]
| 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 |
| Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Contemporary grandparenting : changing family relationships in global contexts / / edited by Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen [[electronic resource]]
| 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 |
| Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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