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Grandparenting in the 21st century is at the heart of profound family and societal changes. It is of increasing social and economic significance yet many dimensions of grandparenting are still poorly understood. "Contemporary Grandparenting" is the first book to take a sociological approach to grandparenting across diverse country contexts and combines new theorising with up-to-date empirical findings to document the changing nature of grandparenting across global contexts. In this highly original book, leading contributors analyse how grandparenting differs according to the nature of the welfare state and the cultural context, how family breakdown influences grandparenting, and explore men's changing roles as grandfathers. Grandparents today face conflicting norms and expectations about their roles, but act with agency to forge new identities within the context of societal and cultural constraints.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Contemporary Grandparenting
• Subtitle: Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts
• Author: Sara Arber, Virpi Timonen
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781847429681
• ID: 05101960
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Weight: 491 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. May 2012

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