Designing parental leave policy: the Norway model and the changing face of fatherhood

Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental p...

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Beteiligte Personen: Brandth, Berit 1947- (VerfasserIn), Kvande, Elin 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Sociology of children and families series
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Zusammenfassung:Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental practices of fathers and parents in Norway as a way of understanding the workings of labour market and welfare policies, whilst considering how migrant fathers might relate to the expectations such laws generate. The authors showcase how this style of men's care work constitutes a re-gendering of men by promoting 'caring masculinities'
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Front cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 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
Umfang:v, 232 Seiten
ISBN:9781529201581
9781529201574