Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-vi

List of abbreviations

pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xvi

one - Introduction: widening the lens on grandparenting

pp 1-20

PART 1 - The demographic and welfare-state contexts of grandparenting

pp 21-22

two - The demography of grandparenthood in 16 European countries and two North American countries

pp 23-42

three - Grandparental childcare: a reconceptualisation of family policy regimes

pp 43-62

PART 2 - Grandparenting in contexts of economic and societal development

pp 63-64

four - Grandparenting in developing South East Asia: comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam

pp 65-88

five - Second-parenthood realities, third-age ideals: (grand)parenthood in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS

pp 89-110

PART 3 - Transnational grandparenting

pp 111-112

six - Transnational grandparenting: the intersection of transnationalism and translocality

pp 113-130

seven - Transnational grandmother–grandchild relationships in the context of migration from Lithuania to Ireland

pp 131-148

PART 4 - Gender, intersectionalities and grandparenting

pp 149-150

eight - The composition of grandparent childcare: gendered patterns in cross-national perspective

pp 151-170

nine - Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland

pp 171-188

ten - Grandfamilies in the United States: an intersectional analysis

pp 189-208

PART 5 - Grandparental roles, agency and influence

pp 209-210

eleven - How grandparents influence the religiosity of their grandchildren: a mixed-methods study of threegeneration families in the United States

pp 211-232

twelve - Can Chinese grandparents say no? A comparison of grandmothers in two Asian cities

pp 233-252

thirteen - “I am not that type of grandmother”: (non)compliance with the grandmother archetype among contemporary Czech grandmothers

pp 253-270

fourteen - Conclusions: the grandparents’ century?

pp 271-284

Index

pp 285-291