State of Nordic Fathers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook State of Nordic Fathers write by Cederström, Carl. This book was released on 2019-11-13. State of Nordic Fathers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fatherhood norms have changed considerably in the Nordic countries over the past decades. The sight of a father pushing his baby in a pram is no longer rare, and parental leave is no longer for mothers only. Yet parental leave is still not shared equally, despite parents having the right. Nordic fathers only use 10-30 percent of the total leave. State of Nordic Fathers examines why; and identifies possible avenues to increase fathers’ share of childcare and leave. 10 key findings reveal that fathers’ involvement is a key to gender equality and fathers who have taken long leave distinguish themselves in many respects from those who took none. State of Nordic Fathers is based on a survey capturing the attitudes of 7515 men and women, mostly parents, in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, on childcare work, parental leave, masculinity norms, and workplace and family relationships.
Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States
Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States write by Eydal, Guðný Björk. This book was released on 2016-01-13. Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as UK and the US, demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in the Nordic setting through family and social policies, and how these contribute to shaping and influencing the images, roles and practices of fathers in a diversity of family settings and variations of fatherhoods. This comprehensive volume will have wide international appeal for those who look to Nordic countries and their success in creating gender equal societies.
Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality
Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality write by Margaret O'Brien. This book was released on 2016-09-28. Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the literature on comparative leave policy developments; family and gender studies, in particular the analysis of gendered divisions of work and care and recent shifts in parenting and work-family balance; critical studies of men and masculinities, with a specific focus on fathers and fathering in contemporary western societies and life-courses. Drawing on empirical data from in-depth interviews with fathers across eleven countries, the book shows that the experiences and social processes associated with fathers’ home alone leave involve a diversity of trends, revealing both innovations and absence of change, including pluralization as well as the constraining influence of policy, gender, and social context. As a theoretical and empirical book it raises important issues on modernization of the life course and the family in contemporary societies. The book will be of particular interest to scholars in comparing western societies and welfare states as well as to scholars seeking to understand changing work-life policies and family life in societies with different social and historical pathways.
Designing Parental Leave Policy
Designing Parental Leave Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Designing Parental Leave Policy write by Brandth, Berit. This book was released on 2020-07-09. Designing Parental Leave Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental practices of fathers and parents in Norway as a way of understanding the workings of labour market and welfare policies, whilst considering how migrant fathers might relate to the expectations such laws generate. The authors showcase how this style of men’s care work constitutes a re-gendering of men by promoting ‘caring masculinities’.
Nordic Experiences with Parental Leave and Its Impact on Equality Between Women and Men
Nordic Experiences with Parental Leave and Its Impact on Equality Between Women and Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nordic Experiences with Parental Leave and Its Impact on Equality Between Women and Men write by Fríða Rós Valdimarsdóttir. This book was released on 2006. Nordic Experiences with Parental Leave and Its Impact on Equality Between Women and Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report examines the laws that govern parental leave in five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) from a historical perspective, as well as from the experiences of individuals and the findings of a literature review, in order to identify best practices and remaining challenges to help secure a more gender-equal society. Topics discussed include: women's labour market participation, job security and maternity leave; fathers as parents; flexibility and shortcomings in parental leave laws; the use of parental leave and factors that influence its use by men.
