Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5)
Grandparenthood

Editorial

Lucie Vidovićová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 733-736  

'Being a Good Grandmother': the Normative Expectations Attached to the Role of Grandmother in Czech Families Today

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 737-760 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.5.212  

This article focuses on two generations of women in the Czech Republic who are currently mothers or grandmothers of young children. Based on interviews that were carried out with 20 mothers and 20 grandmothers of children under the age of 10, the article analyses what kinds of expectations are attached to the role of grandmother and how the norm of 'good' grandmother is constructed by different generations of women. The author identifies three strong norms of grandmothering: the norm of non-interference, the norm of constant availability, and the norm of activity. The narratives of both the mothers and the grandmothers reflected a strong 'gendered...

The Meaning and Performance of the Grandparenting Role among Young Old Czechs

Lucie Vidovićová, Lucie Galčanová, Marcela Petrová Kafková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 761-782 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.5.213  

In the discourse of active ageing it is assumed that young seniors will hold active roles in public and private life. This article examines grandparenting as an emerging role of young olds in the context of their heterogeneous role sets. Based on an integrated analysis of a survey conducted among people aged 50-70 and qualitative interviews it describes what roles Czech young olds hold and how they position and frame the grandparenting role among their other individual roles. It also describes what activities the performance of the role typically involves. Attention is also devoted to gender differences, which are manifested in the meanings ascribed...

Why Divorced Grandfathers Provide Grandchild Care Less Often Than Married Grandfathers?

Barbora Hubatková, Martin Kreidl, Zuzana Žilinčíková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 783-814 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.5.214  

Grandparents are becoming increasingly important figures in the lives of their grandchildren and are often in the position of care providers. However, divorced grandparents and grandfathers in particular are less likely to provide care for their grandchildren. This article examines the reasons for this. Drawing on the literature on this subject, the authors first argue that divorced grandfathers are less likely than their married counterparts both to provide care and to provide care often. This may be because compared to married grandfathers they tend to: (1) have a larger number of children and grandchildren (because they often repartner after divorce);...

'That's the Lady I Call Grandma!': Vietnamese Children, Czech Grandmothers and the Meaning of Grandparenthood in the Biographies of Both

Adéla Souralová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 815-844 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.5.215  

Vietnamese immigrant parents in the Czech Republic often hire Czech nannies for their children. The nannies are usually recently retired women who welcome the opportunity for daily (paid) activity. Close daily contact between a nanny and a child leads to the formation of kinship ties: the nanny becomes the child's grandmother, and the cared-for child becomes the nanny's grandchild. Drawing on in-depth interviews the author examines these intergenerational relationships and focuses on how the nannies and the children understand these relationships in the context of their biographies. To this end the author poses two questions: How does the kinning process...

Ernest Gellner (1925-1995)

Kateřina Holubová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 845-848  

Předčasná syntéza: Kritické poznámky o jedné důležité knize

Marek Skovajsa

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 849-870 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.5.07  

Lubomír Mlčoch: Ekonomie rodiny v proměnách času, institucí a hodnot

Lucie Vidovićová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 871-873  

Tereza Stöckelová, Yasar Abu Ghosh (eds.): Etnografie: Improvizace v teorii a terénní praxi

Marie Dlouhá

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 874-876  

Hana Hašková (ed.) et al.: Vlastní cestou? Životní dráhy v pozdně moderní společnosti

Kateřina Kozáková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 877-880  

Marek Hrubec a kol.: Kritická teorie společnosti: Český kontext

Martin Charvát

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 881-883  

Jiří Bystřický a kol.: Mediální moderna: Studie k soudobým formám de-abstrakce a mediality

Jiří Šubrt

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 884-886  

Wolfgang Benz: Sinti und Roma: Die unerwünschte Minderheit. Über das Vorurteil Antiziganismus

Nicole Horáková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 887-890  

Konference "New Measures of Age and Ageing," Vídeň, Rakousko, 3.-5. 12. 2014

Marcela Petrová Kafková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 891  

Konference "15th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: EUROCRIM 2015", Porto, Portugalsko, 2.-5. 9. 2015

Lukáš Dirga

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 892  

Český sociálněvědní datový archiv zpřístupnil data z předvolebních výzkumů České televize ke krajským volbám v roce 2012

Johana Chylíková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(5): 893