Politicising parenthood in Scandinavia : gender relations in welfare states /
How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contemporary Western Europe. This book highlights the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states - focusing on the relationship between parents and the state, and the ongoing renegotiations...
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2006
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: politicising parenthood in Scandinavia / Anne Lise Ellinsaeter and Arnlaug Leira
- parenthood change and policy reform in Scandinavia, 1970s-2000s / Arnlaug Leira
- Nordic fertility patterns: compatible with gender equality? / Marit Ronsen and Kari Skrede
- Nordic men on parental leave: can the welfare state change gender relations? / Johanna Lammi-Taskula
- The public-private split rearticulated: abolishment of the Danish daddy leave / Anette Borchorst
- The Norwegian childcare regime and its paradoxes / Anne Lise Ellingsaeter
- Parental choice and the passion for equality in Finland / Minna Salmi
- woman-friendliness and economic depression: Finland and Sweden in the 1990s / Heikki Hillamo
- Working time and caring strategies: parenthood in different welfare states / Thomas P. Boje
- Diverging paths? The dual-earner/dual-career model in Finland and Sweden in the 1990s / Anita Haataja and Anita Nyberg
- Lone motherhood in the Nordic countries: sole providers in dual-breadwinner regimes / Anne Skevik
- Epilogue: Scandinavian policies of parenthood
- a success story? / Anne Lise Ellingsaeter and Arnlaug Leira.
