Grandfathers Global Perspectives

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 con

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Ann Buchanan

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN STUDIES IN FAMILY AND INTIMATE LIFE

Anna Rotkirch

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Series Editors Graham Allan Keele University, UK Lynn Jamieson University of Edinburgh, UK David H.J. Morgan University of Manchester, UK

Aim of the series ‘The Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life series is impressive and contemporary in its themes and approaches’ – Professor Deborah Chambers, Newcastle University, UK, and author of New Social Ties The remit of the Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life series is to publish major texts, monographs and edited collections focusing broadly on the sociological exploration of intimate relationships and family organization. The series covers a wide range of topics such as partnership, marriage, parenting, domestic arrangements, kinship, demographic change, intergenerational ties, life course transitions, stepfamilies, gay and lesbian relationships, lone-parent households, and also non-familial intimate relationships such as friendships and includes works by leading figures in the field, in the UK and internationally, and aims to contribute to continue publishing influential and prize-winning research. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14676

Ann Buchanan • Anna Rotkirch Editors

Grandfathers Global Perspectives

Editors Ann Buchanan University of Oxford United Kingdom

Anna Rotkirch Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life ISBN 978-1-137-56337-8 ISBN 978-1-137-56338-5 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56338-5

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