Designing Parental Leave Policy

The Norway Model and the Changing Face of Fatherhood

AvBerit Brandth,Elin Kvande

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

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’.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sociology of Children and Families
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529201581

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Elin Kvande is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Her research interests include dynamics and change in gender relations in organizations, welfare state policies and fathers' use of care policies.Berit Brandth is Professor Emerita at Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her main areas of interest include work, family and care policies with a special focus on fathering and parental leave, as well as rural gender studies.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart 1: The importance of leave design Fathers’ sense of entitlement to ear-marked and shared parental leaveDecomposing policy design: outsider-within perspectives Flexible use of the father’s quota: Problems and possibilitiesPart 2: Caregiving – fathers in transitionMasculinity and child careHome alone on leave or with the mother presentFathers experiencing solo leave: Change and ContinuitiesImmigrant fathers framing parental leave and caregivingPart 3: Reconciling work and careChanging fathers and work–life boundary setting Negotiating parental leave and working life Workplace support of fathers’ parental leave useManagers: Irreplaceable in caregiving and replaceable at workConclusions: Change in policies, fathers’ caregiving and the ideal-worker norm