Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States: Comparing Care Policies and Practice

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Comparing Care Policies and Practice

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Edited by Guðný Björk Eydal, Tine Rostgaard, Stockholms universitet Institutionen för socialt arbete

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: March 2022
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781447310495
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447310495

Subjects:: Law, Family Law

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In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, the UK and the US demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in Nordic countries through family and social policies, and how these shape and influence the images, roles and practices of fathers in a diversity of family settings and variations of fatherhoods.

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Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States

Comparing Care Policies and Practice

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures
pp v-vii

Notes on contributors
pp viii-xiii

Acknowledgements
pp xiv-xiv

one - Introduction
pp 1-20

Theme 1 - Fathers, families and family policies
pp 21-22

two - Fathering: the influence of ideational factors for male fertility behaviour
pp 23-52

three - Nordic family law: new framework – new fatherhoods
pp 53-78

four - Fathers’ rights to family cash benefits in Nordic countries
pp 79-100

Theme 2 - Fathers in everyday life – culture, work and care
pp 101-102

five - Time use of Finnish fathers – do institutions matter?
pp 103-120

six - Parental leave and classed fathering practices in Norway
pp 121-140

seven - Negotiating leave in the workplace: leave practices and masculinity constructions among Danish fathers
pp 141-162

eight - Gender regime, attitudes towards childcare and actual involvement in childcare among fathers
pp 163-184

Theme 3 - Constructing fatherhood in different family settings
pp 185-186

nine - Fathering as a learning process: breaking new ground in familiar territory
pp 187-208

ten - Minority ethnic men and fatherhood in a Danish context
pp 209-230

eleven - Making space for fatherhood in gay men’s lives in Norway
pp 231-250

twelve - The long-term impacts of early paternal involvement in childcare in Denmark: what happens after nuclear family dissolution
pp 251-274

Theme 4 - Caring fathers and paid parental leave policies
pp 275-276

thirteen - The coming and going of the father’s quota in Denmark: consequences for fathers’ parental leave take-up
pp 277-302

fourteen - Policy goals and obstacles for fathers’ parental leave in Finland
pp 303-324

fifteen - Caring fathers and parental leave in prosperous times and times of crisis: the case of Iceland
pp 325-346

sixteen - Parental leave use for different fathers: a study of the impact of three Swedish parental leave reforms
pp 347-370

Theme 5 - International reflections on findings
pp 371-372

seventeen - Parental leave and fathers: extending and deepening the knowledge base
pp 373-384

eighteen - Nordic fathers: tracking diversity and complexity
pp 385-390

Conclusions
pp 391-392

Conclusions: ‘What is constructed can be transformed’
pp 393-400

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