Format:
1 Online-Ressource (v, 232 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-5292-0159-8
,
978-1-5292-0160-4
Series Statement:
Sociology of children and families
Content:
This compelling book examines parental leave policies in Nordic countries, looking at how these laws encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. It considers the impact that these policies have had on gender equality and how they have led to a re-gendering of men by promoting 'caring masculinities'
Content:
Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: The Importance of Leave Design -- 2. Fathers' Sense of Entitlement to Earmarked and Shared Parental Leave -- 3. Decomposing Policy Design: Outsider-Within Perspectives -- 4. Flexible Use of the Father's Quota: Problems and Possibilities -- Part II: Caregiving - Fathers in Transition -- 5. Masculinity and Child Care -- 6. Home Alone on Leave or with the Mother Present -- 7. Fathers Experiencing Solo Leave: Change and Continuities -- 8. Immigrant Fathers Framing Parental Leave and Caregiving -- Part III: Reconciling Work and Care -- 9. Changing Fathers and Work-Life Boundary Setting -- 10. Negotiating Parental Leave and Working Life -- 11. Workplace Support of Fathers' Parental Leave Use -- 12. Managers: Irreplaceable in Caregiving and Replaceable at Work -- 13. Conclusions: Change in Policies, Fathers' Caregiving and the Ideal Worker Norm -- References -- Appendix: Data and Methods
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-5292-0157-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Elternzeit
;
Familienpolitik
;
Vater
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529201598/type/BOOK
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