This book uses data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden to rethink welfare policy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSJ; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320. . 2010. Revised. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Working Parents and the Welfare State: Family Change and Policy Reform in Scandinavia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521144973
ISBN 13: 9780521144971
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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The mass entry of women into the labor market, the decline of the male breadwinner norm and the rise of the dual-earner family have all profoundly transformed the societies of the Western industrialized world. This book argues that childcare has become increasingly "defamilized" or collectivized as mothers have joined the labor market, causing significant impact on welfare policies. As a result, the complex relationship between family change and policy reform calls for a rethinking of the relationship between the welfare state, labor markets and working parents. Rather than concentrating on the changing models of motherhood, Leira advocates the need to consider the effects of the gendered division of work and welfare on fathers' opportunities to be supported as carers for children.

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The mass entry of women into the labour market, the decline of the male breadwinner norm and the rise of the dual-earner family have transformed Western industrial society as childcare has become increasingly defamilised. This calls for a rethinking of the relationship between the welfare state, labour markets and working parents. Leira advocates the need to also consider the effects on fathers' opportunities to be supported as carers for children. The analysis incorporates new empirical data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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