Fathers in Work Organizations: Inequalities and Capabilities, Rationalities and Politics

Herausgeber

ISBN 10: 3847407031 / ISBN 13: 9783847407034

Published by Budrich, Barbara, 2017

About this Item

Gebraucht - Sehr gut Leichte Lagerspuren -This book is dedicated to the role of work organizations when it comes to the realization of an active fatherhood. Firstly, it deals with barriers for active fatherhood and its correlating mechanisms of inequality: Which aspects of discrimination and social closure do fathers face today if they assert a claim for active fatherhood, and with what kind of barriers are they confronted Secondly, capabilities of fathers are addressed: Which is their possible scope of action, who are relevant actors, what is the effect of policies and programs on change and organizational learning with respect to fatherhood 253 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fathers in Work Organizations: Inequalities and Capabilities, Rationalities and Politics
• Publisher: Budrich, Barbara
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847407031
• ISBN 13: 9783847407034
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 369 grams

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Synopsis

This book is dedicated to the role of work organizations when it comes to the realization of an active fatherhood. Firstly, it deals with barriers for active fatherhood and its correlating mechanisms of inequality: Which aspects of discrimination and social closure do fathers face today if they assert a claim for active fatherhood, and with what kind of barriers are they confronted? Secondly, capabilities of fathers are addressed: Which is their possible scope of action, who are relevant actors, what is the effect of policies and programs on change and organizational learning with respect to fatherhood?

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Liebig is full professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland. Prof. (em.) Dr. Mechtild Oechsle is full professor in the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany.