Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures and tables v
4. List of abbreviations vii
5. Notes on contributors ix
6. Introduction: widening the lens on grandparenting 1
7. The demographic and welfare-state contexts of grandparenting
8. The demography of grandparenthood in 16 European countries and two North American countries 23
9. Grandparental childcare: a reconceptualisation of family policy regimes 43
10. Grandparenting in contexts of economic and societal development
11. Grandparenting in developing South East Asia: comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam 65
12. Second-parenthood realities, third-age ideals: (grand)parenthood in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS 89
13. Transnational grandparenting
14. Transnational grandparenting: the intersection of transnationalism and translocality 113
15. Transnational grandmother–grandchild relationships in the context of migration from Lithuania to Ireland 131
16. Gender, intersectionalities and grandparenting
17. The composition of grandparent childcare: gendered patterns in cross-national perspective 151
18. Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland 171
19. Grandfamilies in the United States: an intersectional analysis 189
20. Grandparental roles, agency and influence
21. How grandparents influence the religiosity of their grandchildren: a mixed-methods study of three-generation families in the United States 211
22. Can Chinese grandparents say no? A comparison of grandmothers in two Asian cities 233
23. “I am not that type of grandmother”: (non)compliance with the grandmother archetype among contemporary Czech grandmothers 253
24. Conclusions: the grandparents’ century? 271
25. Index 285