The politics of parental leave policies : Children, parenting, gender and the labour market / / edited by Sheila B. Kamerman and Peter Moss

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456963903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 1-4473-0396-2; 1-282-50161-5; 9786612501616; 1-84742-777-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.25/5; 331.25763094
• Soggetti: Föräldraledighet - Europa; Work and family; Parental leave - Government policy; Parental leave; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Children's Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Labor; Work and family - Europe; Parental leave - Government policy - Europe; Parental leave - Europe; Electronic books.; Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 11. The Netherlands: bridging labour and care12. Norway: the making of the father's quota; 13. Portugal and Spain: two pathways in Southern Europe; 14. Sweden: individualisation or free choice in parental leave?; 15. The European directive: making supra-national parental leave policy; 16. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.; The politics of parental leave policies; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave; 3. Canada and Quebec: two policies, one country; 4. Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system?; 5. Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries; 6. Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises; 7. France: gender equality a pipe dream?; 8. Germany: taking a Nordic turn?; 9. Hungary and Slovenia: long leave or short?; 10. Iceland: from reluctance to fast-track engineering.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title covers 15 countries in Europe and beyond bringing together leading academic experts to provide a unique insight into the past, present and future state of this key policy area.