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Nanny Families
Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden
Inbunden, 2019
1263 kr
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licencePaying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the prevalence there of publicly funded daycare. This book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal …
Nanny Families
Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden
Häftad, 2020
398 kr
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licencePaying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the prevalence there of publicly funded daycare. This book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal …
Designing Parental Leave Policy
The Norway Model and the Changing Face of Fatherhood
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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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 …
Designing Parental Leave Policy
The Norway Model and the Changing Face of Fatherhood
Häftad, 2022
378 kr
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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 …
Child’s Day
A Comprehensive Analysis of Change in Children’s Time Use in the UK
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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We routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it.This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time. With analysis of changes in the time spent on …
Child’s Day
A Comprehensive Analysis of Change in Children’s Time Use in the UK
Häftad, 2022
378 kr
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We routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it.This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time. With analysis of changes in the time spent on …
Sharing Care
Equal and Primary Carer Fathers and Early Years Parenting
Av Rachel Brooks, Paul Hodkinson
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. The authors examine what prompts these arrangements, how fathers adjust to their caregiving roles over time, and what challenges …
Sharing Care
Equal and Primary Carer Fathers and Early Years Parenting
Av Rachel Brooks, Paul Hodkinson
Häftad, 2021
378 kr
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Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. The authors examine what prompts these arrangements, how fathers adjust to their caregiving roles over time, and what challenges …
Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times
The Marketization of Care
Inbunden, 2022
1263 kr
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In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What work do they do to marketize care? And what does it mean for how childcare is provided?Based on an innovative theoretical framework and an in-depth …
Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times
The Marketization of Care
Häftad, 2023
398 kr
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In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What work do they do to marketize care? And what does it mean for how childcare is provided?Based on an innovative theoretical framework and an in-depth …
Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting
A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises ‘natural’ activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents’ choices are thus made deeply …
Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting
A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada
Häftad, 2022
398 kr
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Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises ‘natural’ activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents’ choices are thus made deeply …
Social Research Matters
A Life in Family Sociology
Inbunden, 2019
1263 kr
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From the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and …
Social Research Matters
A Life in Family Sociology
Häftad, 2021
378 kr
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From the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and …
Thinking Through Family
Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
Av Janet Boddy
Inbunden, 2023
1193 kr
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Understanding what ‘family’ means – and how best to support families – depends on challenging politicized assumptions that frame ‘ordinary’ families in comparison to an imagined problematic ‘other’. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book helps …
Thinking Through Family
Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
Av Janet Boddy
Häftad, 2025
356 kr
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Understanding what ‘family’ means – and how best to support families – depends on challenging politicized assumptions that frame ‘ordinary’ families in comparison to an imagined problematic ‘other’. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book helps …
Critical Perspectives on Research with Children
Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity
Av Sarah Richards, Sarah Coombs
Inbunden, 2023
937 kr
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This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity.The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries, and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical …
Critical Perspectives on Research with Children
Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity
Av Sarah Richards, Sarah Coombs
Häftad, 2024
393 kr
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This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity.The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries, and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical …
Race, Class, Parenting and Children’s Leisure
Children’s Leisurescapes and Parenting Cultures in Middle-class British Indian Families
Inbunden, 2023
1133 kr
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Children’s leisure lives are changing, with increasing dominance of organised activities and screen-based leisure. These shifts have reconfigured parenting practices, too. However, our current understandings of these processes are race-blind and based mostly on the experiences of white middle-class …
Understanding Muslim Family Life
Changing Relationships, Personal Life and Inequality
Inbunden, 2024
1290 kr
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This book offers an innovative perspective on Muslim family life in British society. Drawing on recent debates, the book considers how theories of family have overlooked Muslim families and offers a comprehensive framework to address this oversight. Informed by decolonizing approaches, the book …
Couples at Work
Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework, and Childcare
Inbunden, 2025
1290 kr
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This book offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework, and childcare. The author explores how employment structures, policies, and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the …
Turning Global Rights into Local Realities
Realizing Children’s Rights in Ghana’s Pluralistic Society
Inbunden, 2024
1193 kr
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Focusing on Ghana, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from European colonial rule and the first in the world to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this book explores how dominant children's rights principles interact with the lived realities of a range of …
Qualitative Fieldwork with Children
Context and Participation in Child Well-Being Research across Nations
Av Lise Mogensen, Susann Fegter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1132 kr
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Drawing on the multinational qualitative study ‘Children’s Understandings of Well-being’ (CUWB), this unique edited collection offers practical insights into conducting fieldwork across diverse geographical, social and cultural contexts, using the same basic protocol.The book explores the …
Belonging and Belongings
Children’s Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements
Av Laura Merla, Bérengère Nobels
Häftad, 2025
348 kr
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place within the household of each parent.The authors analyse how family practices within …
Reimagining Stepmother
A Feminist Analysis of Step(m)otherings
Inbunden, 2025
1193 kr
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Stepmothers often battle with a range of negative myths and stereotypes, with Cinderella’s wicked stepmother being the most infamous.Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews with British stepmothers, this book reimagines the expectations, practices and position of stepmothers through a feminist …
Reimagining Stepmother
A Feminist Analysis of Step(m)otherings
Häftad, 2026
378 kr
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Stepmothers often battle with a range of negative myths and stereotypes, with Cinderella’s wicked stepmother being the most infamous.Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews with British stepmothers, this book reimagines the expectations, practices and position of stepmothers through a feminist …
Navigating Contemporary Fatherhood in Europe
Care and Involvement in Everyday Life
Av Tina Miller, Lars Plantin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1132 kr
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Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book examines paternal involvement in caregiving practices and asks what is currently happening to ‘involved’ fatherhood? The book investigates fatherhood in various everyday settings, such as outdoor spaces, workplaces and the home, while considering …
Navigating Contemporary Fatherhood in Europe
Care and Involvement in Everyday Life
Av Tina Miller, Lars Plantin m. fl.
Häftad, 2027
425 kr
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Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book examines paternal involvement in caregiving practices and asks what is currently happening to ‘involved’ fatherhood? The book investigates fatherhood in various everyday settings, such as outdoor spaces, workplaces and the home, while considering …
Understanding Young Fatherhood
Global Perspectives, Parenting Experiences and Challenges
Av Anna Tarrant, Linzi Ladlow m. fl.
Häftad, 2027
425 kr
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.What does it mean to become a father at a young age today? This volume brings together research about the lived experiences of fathers aged 25 and under. Drawing on diverse contexts across the Global North and South, it explores how young …
Understanding Muslim Family Life
Changing Relationships, Personal Life and Inequality
Häftad, 2026
425 kr
Kommande
This book offers an innovative perspective on Muslim family life in British society. Drawing on recent debates, the book considers how theories of family have overlooked Muslim families and offers a comprehensive framework to address this oversight. Informed by decolonizing approaches, the book …
