1. Introduction: widening the lens on grandparenting; Introduction; Demographic contexts of grandparenting; Welfare state and cultural contexts of grandparenting; Socioeconomic development and transnational grandparenting; Gender, family status and intersectionalities; Grandparental roles, agency and influence; Conclusion; PART 1. The demographic and welfare-state contexts of grandparenting

2. The demography of grandparenthood in 16 European countries and two North American countriesIntroduction; The demographic context of grandparenthood; The length of grandparenthood; Labour-force participation and health of grandparents; The future of the demography of grandparenthood; Other factors influencing intergenerational relationships; Conclusions; 3. Grandparental childcare: a reconceptualisation of family policy regimes; Introduction; Family policy regime analysis; Policy logics in a two-generational perspective; Explanatory potential; Conclusions

PART 2. Grandparenting in contexts of economic and societal development4. Grandparenting in developing South East Asia: comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; Introduction; Country settings; Data and methods; Results; Conclusions; 5. Second-parenthood realities, third-age ideals: (grand)parenthood in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS; Introduction; Background; Dichotomous discourses; Contemporary lived experiences of grandmothers; Conclusion; PART 3. Transnational grandparenting; 6. Transnational grandparenting: the intersection of transnationalism and translocality

IntroductionThe intersection of transnationalism and translocality: towards a broader conceptual framework; The study; Intergenerational love in the context of the 'care deficit'; Intergenerational families in the context of border control; Generational reciprocity in the context of cultural rupture; Discussion and conclusion; 7. Transnational grandmother-grandchild relationships in the context of migration from Lithuania to Ireland; Introduction; Context of the study; Research methods; Changing nature of grandmother-grandchild relationships; Practices of 'keeping in touch'

Multiple factors shaping grandmother-grandchild relationshipsDiscussion and conclusions; PART 4. Gender, intersectionalities and grandparenting; 8. The composition of grandparent childcare: gendered patterns in cross-national perspective; Introduction; Composition of childcare; Care contexts; Data and method; Results; Discussion and conclusion; 9. Class-based grandfathering practices in Finland; Introduction; Contemporary dynamics of grandfathering; Materials and methods; Classless but gendered pride: grandfathering with small children; Class-based functions of grandfathering