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Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

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Description for Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life) Hardcover. Editor(s): Buchanan, Ann; Rotkirch, Anna. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.

This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and analyse the impact of close involvement with their grandchildren. Within the context of increased divorce rates, single parent families and healthier, more active elders, grandfathers have come out of the shadows and re-invented themselves in a new caring, nurturing role.

These original studies demonstrate that grandfather involvement is independently and positively associated with higher levels of child well-being in the UK and South Africa, as well as in Arab and Israeli teenagers, ... Read more

The chapters conclude that societies could benefit from encouraging more grandfathers to become actively involved in their grandchildren’s lives and argues the case for grandparent visitation rights in those countries that currently do not have them. 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137563378
SKU
V9781137563378
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About N/A
Ann Buchanan is Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. She has been researching into child and family well-being, specifically fathering, grandparenting and divorce, for more than twenty years. At Oxford she directed the Centre for Research into Parenting and Children. Her work has an international profile and she was awarded an MBE in 2012. ... Read more

Reviews for Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
“This volume is an excellent selection of contributions focused on the almost totally unrecognised role of the grandfather that has long been in the shadow of grandmothers. The different research contained within this volume highlights the important impact of grandfathers on grandchildren … . it is a relevant and essential contribution not only to social scientists but to anyone who ... Read more

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