Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality Fathers on Leave Alone /

Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality Fathers on Leave Alone /

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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. 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.  ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: O'Brien, Margaret (Editor), Wall, Karin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Life Course Research and Social Policies, 6
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Families.
Families > Social aspects.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Social Sciences.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Family.
Gender Studies.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42970-0
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Table of Contents:
  •  Chapter 1: Fathers on Leave Alone: Setting the Scene: Margaret O’Brien and Karin Wall
  • Chapter 2: The Ethics of Care and the Radical Potential of Fathers ‘Home Alone on Leave’:  Care as Practice, Relational Ontology, and Social Justice: Andrea Doucet
  • Chapter 3: Fathers on Leave Alone in Norway: Changes and Continuities: Elin Kvande and Berit Brandth
  • Chapter 4: Fathers on Leave Alone in Portugal: Lived experiences and Impact of Forerunner Fathers: Karin Wall and Mafalda Leitão
  • Chapter 5: Fathers on Leave Alone in Québec (Canada): the Case of Innovative, Subversive and Activist Fathers !: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Nadia Lazzari Dodeler
  • Chapter 6: Fathers on Leave Alone in Finland: Negotiations and Lived Experiences: Johanna Lammi-Taskula
  • Chapter 7: Fathers on Leave Alone in Spain: ‘Hey, I want to be able to do it like that, too’: Gerardo Meil, Pedro Romero-Balsas and Jesús Rogero-García
  • Chapter 8: Fathers on Leave Alone in Sweden: Toward more Equal Parenthood?: Ann-Zofie Duvander, Linda Haas and Sara Thalberg
  • Chapter 9: Fathers on Leave Alone in Iceland: Normal Paternal Behaviour?: Ingólfur V. Gíslason
  • Chapter 10: Fathers on Leave Alone in the UK - a Gift Exchange between Mother and Father?: Margaret O’Brien and Katherine Twamley
  • Chapter 11: Fathers on Leave Alone in France: Does part time parental leave for men move towards an egalitarian model ?: Danielle Boyer
  • Chapter 12: Fathers on Leave Alone in Switzerland: Agents of Social Change?: Isabel Valarino
  • Chapter 13: Fathers on Leave Alone in Japan: Lived Experiences of the Pioneers: Hideki Nakazato
  • Chapter 14: Discussion and Conclusions: Karin Wall and Margaret O’Brien.

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