Suchergebnisse

Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Disappearing Problems? Gender Inequality in Old Age -- Chapter 2: Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The Role of the State -- Chapter 3: Accumulating Inequality at Work and at Home -- Chapter 4: The Business of Retirement -- Chapter 5: The Business of Health -- Chapter 6: Market-Friendly Proposals: Entrenching Inequality -- Chapter 7: Family-Friendly Proposals: Entrenching Equality -- Endnotes -- References -- Index

Grandparenting varies enormously in the United States and here we discuss that growing diversity. Relying on exchange and reciprocity, feminist, and political economic theoretical perspectives, we begin by exploring the increasing need for grandchild care and assistance in the United States and the dearth of federal and employer supports for working families. Assessing the impact of sociodemographic trends, notably the rise in single parenting and the increase in employment among grandparents, we assess the intensification of grandparenting. Then we turn to issues related to proximity, examining the pleasures and challenges of coresidential, custodial, long distance, and transnational grandparenting. Finally, we turn to the impact of grandparenting on the emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing of grandparents.