Description |
1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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 between the public and the private. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Parenting.
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Parenting. |
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Child care -- Government policy -- Scandinavia.
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Child care -- Government policy. |
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Scandinavia. |
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Child care. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Leira, Arnlaug.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ellingsæter, Anne Lise. Politicising parenthood in Scandinavia. Bristol : Policy Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006284969 (OCoLC)70671227 |
ISBN |
9781847421593 (electronic book) |
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1847421598 (electronic book) |
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1281159980 |
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9781281159984 |
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1861346468 (cased) |
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9781861346469 (cased) |
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186134645X (paperback) |
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9781861346452 (paperback) |
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9781447303015 |
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1447303016 |
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