Across the world, the role of grandparents is changing. This book highlights the changing roles, and the consequences of these changes, for both grandchildren and grandparents, by drawing together leading international authorities on grandparenting and intergenerational relations.

The book includes scholarly summaries of research as well as new research findings. It should be an invaluable resource for other scholars and students investigating the role of grandparents today.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

About the Author

Ann Buchanan is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of Oxford, UK. For more than twenty years she ran the Centre for Research into Parenting and Children at the University of Oxford, UK. She has undertaken major research projects on child well-being, children of divorce, fathering, grandparents, and grandfathering. With Anna Rotkirch, she co-edited the books Fertility Rates and Population Decline: No Time for Children? (2013) and Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (2016).

Anna Rotkirch is a Research Professor and the Director of the Population Research Institute, Vaestoeliitto, Helsinki, Finland. She is a sociologist who has specialised in research on families in Europe. Her current interests include fertility, grandparenting, and friendship. With Ann Buchanan, she co-edited the books Fertility Rates and Population Decline: No Time for Children? (2013) and Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (2016).

Book Information
ISBN 9780367582784
Author Ann Buchanan
Format Paperback
Page Count 178
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g