Working Parents and the Welfare State: Family Change and Policy Reform in Scandi

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Changes in the labour market and family forms have transformed Western industrial society as childcare has become increasingly defamilised. This book incorporates new empirical data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a rethinking of the welfare state, labour markets and working parents.

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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 all profoundly transformed the societies of the Western industrialised world. This book argues that childcare has become increasingly 'defamilised' or collectivised as mothers have joined the labour 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, labour 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. Her analysis incorporates important new empirical data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: changes in the social order; 2. Politicising childcare; 3. Work, family and the welfare state: problems of reconciliation; 4. Parental leave: childcare refamilised; 5. From mother's wage to parental choice: cash benefits for childcare; 6. Childcare as a social right: family change and policy reform.

Review

Review of the hardback: 'This is a timely study which details important changes and their significance.' Journal of Social Policy

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This book uses data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden to rethink welfare policy.

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'This is a timely study which details important changes and their significance.' Journal of Social Policy

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This book uses data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden to rethink welfare policy.

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Changes in the labour market and family forms have transformed Western industrial society as childcare has become increasingly defamilised. This book incorporates new empirical data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a rethinking of the welfare state, labour markets and working parents.

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Changes in the labour market and family forms have transformed Western industrial society as childcare has become increasingly defamilised. This book incorporates new empirical data from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a rethinking of the welfare state, labour markets and working parents.

Details ISBN0521144973 Author Arnlaug Leira Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2010 ISBN-10 0521144973 ISBN-13 9780521144971 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Family Change and Policy Reform in Scandinavia Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 362.82 Publication Date 2010-06-24 Pages 192 Language English Media Book Edition 2nd Short Title WORKING PARENTS & THE WELFARE UK Release Date 2010-06-24 AU Release Date 2010-06-24 NZ Release Date 2010-06-24 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Edition Description Revised edition Alternative 9780521571296 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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