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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974072503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Policy Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612501616

9781447303961

1447303962

9781282501614

1282501615

9781847427779

1847427774

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

KamermanSheila B

MossPeter <1945->

Disciplina

331.25/5

Soggetti

Family leave - Europe

Family leave - Government policy - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).

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

<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 and beyond.