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UNINA9910781049103321 |
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Titolo |
The Politics of parental leave policies : children, parenting, gender and the labour market / / edited by Sheila B. Kamerman and Peter Moss [[electronic resource]] |
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Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009 |
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1-4473-0396-2 |
1-282-50161-5 |
9786612501616 |
1-84742-777-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Family leave - Europe |
Family leave - Government policy - Europe |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<i>The Politics of Parental Leave Policies</i> addresses how and why, and by whom, particular policies are created and subsequently developed in particular countries. It examines the factors that bring about variations in leave policy, covering fifteen countries in Europe |
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