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Record Nr.

UNINA9910293152303321

Autore

Ruspini Elisabetta

Titolo

Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society : The Fathers' Perspective / / by Elisabetta Ruspini, Isabella Crespi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781349554089

1349554081

9781137533548

1137533544

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 229 p.)

Collana

Global Masculinities, , 2946-3866

Disciplina

306.3/6

Soggetti

Sex

Sociology

Social groups

Industrial sociology

Feminism

Feminist theory

Gender Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Sociology of Work

Feminism and Feminist Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers' lives. There has been a general lack of comparative research to the complex intersection between old and new forms of masculinity; and between fatherhood, work-life balance, gender relations and children's well-being. As a result, men's fathering roles and their struggle with work-life balance have often been neglected. These cultural challenges should be better theorized within family and social policy research. This volume examines how fathers



fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what institutional support could be of most benefit to them in combining these roles.