scholarly journals The composition of grandparent childcare: gendered patterns in cross-national perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 151-170
Author(s):  
Lyn Craig ◽  
Myra Hamilton ◽  
Judith E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Family Policy ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Policy Regimes ◽  
Employment Patterns ◽  
Childcare Time ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Gendered Patterns ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Time Use Surveys ◽  
Cross National

Grandparents are important providers of childcare while their adult children participate in work and other activities. The literature suggests that grandmothers are more likely than grandfathers to provide care for their grandchildren, and that the prevalence and intensity of grandparent childcare provision varies by country. But research is lacking on the composition of grandparent childcare time, and whether this varies across countries. What patterns do we see in the gendered distribution of childcare tasks among grandparents? To what extent does this vary across countries with different employment patterns, family policy regimes and norms of familial obligation? Using Time Use Surveys of Australia, Korea, Italy and France this chapter will explore how grandparents are spending their time with grandchildren. It reveals cross-national similarities and differences in the gendered distribution and relative composition of care and discusses the implications for grandmothers and grandfathers in the four different welfare regimes.

Philanthropic Foundations in Cross-National Perspective: A Comparative Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 1591-1602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut K. Anheier
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Philanthropic Foundations ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National

Comparative studies on philanthropic foundations are still in their infancy. To advance the comparative understanding, the article proposes to use two countries—the United States and Germany—as comparative cases against which to assess the main contours of foundations in other countries. Both countries have large foundations communities; yet both are rather distinct in terms of their historical development as well as in terms of their institutional characteristics, patterns, and activities. Looking at the positioning, roles, advantages, and disadvantages of foundations, the article offers a framework for their comparative study using the varieties of capitalism, welfare regimes, and the social origins classifications.

Roads to the Radical Right

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Damhuis
Keyword(s):  
Radical Right ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Unique Material ◽  
Marine Le Pen ◽  
To Come ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Western Democracies ◽  
Do So ◽  
Cross National

Trump, Wilders, Salvini, Le Pen—during the last decades, radical right-wing leaders and their parties have become important political forces in most Western democracies. Their growing appeal raises an increasingly relevant question: who are the voters that support them and why do they do so? Numerous and variegated answers have been given to this question, inside as well as outside academia. Yet, curiously, despite their quantity and diversity, these existing explanations are often based on a similar assumption: that of homogeneous electorates. Consequently, the idea that different subgroups with different profiles and preferences might coexist within the constituencies of radical right-wing parties has thus far remained underdeveloped, both theoretically and empirically. This ground-breaking book is the first one that systematically investigates the heterogeneity of radical right-wing voters. Theoretically, it introduces the concept of electoral equifinality to come to grips with this diversity. Empirically, it relies on innovative statistical analyses and no less than 125 life-history interviews with voters in France and the Netherlands. Based on this unique material, the study identifies different roads to the radical right and compares them within a cross-national perspective. In addition, through an analysis of almost 1,400 tweets posted by Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen, the book shows how the latter are able to appeal to different groups of voters. Taken together, the book thus provides a host of ground-breaking insights into the heterogeneous phenomenon of radical right support.

Productive engagement and ageing in productivist welfare regimes: questing for an age-friendly city in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Zhuoyi Wen ◽  
Ka Ho Mok ◽  
Padmore Adusei Amoah
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Voluntary Engagement ◽  
Social Provisions ◽  
The City ◽  
Cross National ◽  
Productive Engagement

Abstract The population aged 65 years and above in Hong Kong is projected to rise from 15 per cent in 2014 to 38.4 per cent in 2069. Therefore, the quest for creating age-friendly conditions and the promotion of active ageing has become a priority for the Hong Kong Government and stakeholders in the city. Using a cross-national comparative framework for productive engagement in later life, this article examines the predictors of productive engagement (perceived voluntary engagement) in two districts (the Islands and Tsuen Wan) of Hong Kong – a typical productivist welfare regime in Asia. Data were collected through a social survey to ascertain the perception of an age-friendly city and active ageing in 2016 and 2018 from 1,638 persons aged 60 years and older. The results indicate some differences in the perception of the key determinants in both districts, but the factors associated with productive engagement were consistent, namely social atmosphere, social provisions and the built environment. The findings are discussed within the broader discourse on social gerontology, age-friendly cities and productivist welfare regimes.

The cosmopolitan—local continuum in cross-national perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Haller ◽  
Victor Roudometof
Keyword(s):  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National
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