LEADER 03654oam 2200589K 450 001 9910153195203321 005 20240501164211.0 010 $a1-315-73223-8 010 $a1-317-55437-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315732237 035 $a(CKB)3710000000960711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4748557 035 $a970384513 035 $a(OCoLC)964527873 035 $a(OCoLC-P)964527873 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315732237 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000960711 100 $a20161129d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of work-family policy reforms in Germany and Italy /$fAgnes Blome 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State ;$v18 311 $a1-138-84140-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Theories of welfare state and work-family policy reform -- 3. Design and evolution of work-family policies: a European comparative overview -- 4. Policy developments in Germany and Italy : from a shared focus on the male-breadwinner model to diverging paths after the 1990s -- 5. How normative beliefs and voting behavior shape party competition on work-family policies -- 6. Women's descriptive representation : the more, the better? -- 7. Work-family policy reform processes in Germany : continuous change towards dual-earner model support -- 8. Italy : no consensus for change -- 9. Conclusion. 330 $aOne of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare states do not adequately support the dual-earner model, especially in southern Europe. After 2005, German policy-makers transformed the nature of Germany's family policy regime through a number of legislative measures, whilst Italy, a country with many similarities, witnessed little change. Using a multi-methods approach, this book addresses the puzzle of why Germany was able to implement far-reaching reforms in this policy area after a long impasse and Italy was not. As such, it delivers a broad, systematic account of these reforms and sheds light on why similar reforms were not also adopted in other similar welfare states at the same time. More generally, it contributes to understanding the determinants of welfare policy change in modern European welfare states. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and professionals working on topics linked to European politics, welfare and work-family policies, comparative politics, social policy, and more broadly to political science and gender studies. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the political economy of welfare ;$v18. 606 $aWork and family$zGermany 606 $aWork and family$zItaly 606 $aFamily policy$zGermany 606 $aFamily policy$zItaly 607 $aGermany$xSocial policy 607 $aItaly$xSocial policy 615 0$aWork and family 615 0$aWork and family 615 0$aFamily policy 615 0$aFamily policy 676 $a306.3/6 676 $a306.36 700 $aBlome$b Agnes$0939955 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153195203321 996 $aThe politics of work-family policy reforms in Germany and Italy$92119404 997 $aUNINA