Designing Parental Leave Policy (eBook)

The Norway Model and the Changing Face of Fatherhood

Berit Brandth, Elin Kvande (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
238 Seiten
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0160-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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’.

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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’. 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’.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.7.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Sociology of Children and Families
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Childcare • Family • fathering • Gender equality • Masculinities • Parental leave • Welfare State Policies • Work
• ISBN-10: 1-5292-0160-8 / 1529201608
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5292-0160-4 / 9781529201604