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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458735203321

Autore

Ellingsaeter Anne Lise

Titolo

Politicising parenthood in Scandinavia : Gender relations in welfare states

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009

©Jan. 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0301-6

1-281-15998-0

9786611159986

1-84742-159-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

362.82

Soggetti

Electronic books.

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

Cover; POLITICISING PARENTHOOD IN SCANDINAVIA - Gender relations in welfare states; Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; ONE - Introduction: politicising parenthood in Scandinavia; Why consider the Scandinavian model - again?; Politicising parenthood; Gender equality - the Scandinavian way; Families, gender equality and welfare states - research and politics; The context of policy reform; Data - cases and comparisons; The contributions; Part One - Politicising parenthood -legacies and challenges

TWO - Parenthood change and policy reform in Scandinavia, 1970's-2000's THREE - Nordic fertility patterns:compatible with gender equality?; FOUR - Nordic men on parental leave: can the welfare state change gender relations?; FIVE - The public-private split rearticulated: abolishment of the Danish daddy leave; SIX - The Norwegian childcare regime and its paradoxes; SEVEN - Parental choice and the passion for equality in Finland; Part Three - Work, family and the welfare state: redefining family models; EIGHT - Woman-friendliness and economic depression: Finland and Sweden in the 1990's

NINE - Working time and caring strategies: parenthood in different



welfare states TEN - Diverging paths? The dual-earner/dual-carer model in Finland and Sweden in the 1990's; ELEVEN - Lone motherhood in the Nordic countries: sole providers in dual breadwinner regimes; TWELVE - Epilogue: Scandinavian policies of parenthood - a success story?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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