Parental Leave and Beyond : Recent International Developments, Current Issues and Future Directions

Moss, Peter (EDT); Duvander, Ann-zofie (EDT); Koslowski, Alison (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1447338774 / ISBN 13: 9781447338772

Published by Policy Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parental Leave and Beyond : Recent International Developments, Current Issues and Future Directions
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447338774
• ISBN 13: 9781447338772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume brings together contributors from 18 countries to provide international perspectives on the politics of parental leave policies in different parts of the world. Initially looking at the politics of care leave policies in eight countries across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia, the book moves on to consider a variety of key issues in depth, including gender equality, flexibility and challenges for fathers in using leave. In the final section of the book, contributors look beyond the early parenthood period to consider possible future directions for care leave policy in order to address the wider changes and challenges that our societies face.

About the Authors

Laura Merla is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Families and Sexualities (CIRFASE) at the University of Louvain.

Parental Leave and beyond: recent developments, current issues, future directions

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.

Tine Rostgaard is Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark, and at the Department of Social Work at Stockholm University, Sweden.