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Author Ellingsæter, Anne Lise.

Title Politicising parenthood in Scandinavia : gender relations in welfare states / edited by Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Arnaug Leira.

Publication Info. Bristol : Policy Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations
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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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
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Subject Parenting.
Parenting.
Child care -- Government policy -- Scandinavia.
Child care -- Government policy.
Scandinavia.
Child care.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Leira, Arnlaug.
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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1861346468 (cased)
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186134645X (paperback)
9781861346452 (paperback)
9781447303015
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