1st Edition
China's One-Child Policy and Multiple Caregiving Raising Little Suns in Xiamen
1. Introduction 2. Contemporary Chinese Childrearing: A New Lens 3. The 4-2-1 Phenomenon in Xiamen: One Child Many Caregivers 4. Grandparents and Parents, Who is in Charge? 5. The Power of Little Suns as Agentic Beings 6. The Plight of Little Suns as Lonely Tacticians 7. Conclusion
Biography
Esther Goh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the National University of Singapore.
‘ Bookended by a carefully developed introduction and focused conclusion, the five intermediary chapters provide a well-organized analysis of China’s "4-2-1" (four grandparents, two parents, and one only child) formulation of parenting that will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and cross-cultural studies. The multiple methods employed—an extensive background survey, in-depth ethnographic interviews, and participant observation—are a tribute to the thoroughness of the study, particularly as noted in the foreword and endorsement sections.’ -- Lisa Fischler, Moravian College, in Journal of International and Global Studies, 3:2, (April 2012)
