The politics of parental leave policies Children, parenting, gender and the labour market

With the growth of parental employment, leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the heart of countries' child and family policies. It is widely recognised as an essential element for attaining important demographic, social and economic goals and is the point where many...

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Hauptverfasser: Kamerman, Sheila B., Moss, Peter
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Policy Press 22.07.2009
The Policy Press
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
1900-2008
Arbeitsmarkt
Child care
Child welfare
Childhood and Youth Studies
Elternzeit
Employment
Europe
Familienpolitik
Family life
Family policy
Government policy
Industrieländer
Labour market
Maternity leave
Mutterschutz
Organizational behaviour
Parental leave
Parental leave > Europe
Parental leave > Governement policy > Europe
Parenting
Sex equality
Social policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
Sozialgeschichte
Sozialpolitik
Weibliche Arbeitskräfte
Welfare state
Working conditions
welfare state
labour markets
child well-being
gender equality
demography
parental employment
family policies
international comparisons
leave policy
family
ISBN:9781847429032, 1847429033, 9781847420671, 1847420672, 1847427774, 9781847427779
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  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of tables and figures Acknowledgements Notes on contributors ONE: Introduction TWO: Australia: THREE: Canada and Québec: FOUR: Czech Republic: FIVE: Estonia: SIX: Finland: SEVEN: France: EIGHT: Germany: NINE: Hungary and Slovenia: TEN: Iceland: ELEVEN: The Netherlands: TWELVE: Norway: THIRTEEN: Portugal and Spain: FOURTEEN: Sweden: FIFTEEN: The European directive: SIXTEEN: Conclusion APPENDIX Index Back Matter
  • Intro -- The politics of parental leave policies -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave -- Canada and Québec: two policies, one country -- Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system? -- Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries -- Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises -- France: gender equality a pipe dream? -- Germany: taking a Nordic turn? -- Hungary and Slovenia: long leave or short? -- Iceland: from reluctance to fast-track engineering -- The Netherlands: bridging labour and care -- Norway: the making of the father's quota -- Portugal and Spain: two pathways in Southern Europe -- Sweden: individualisation or free choice in parental leave? -- The European directive: making supra-national parental leave policy -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index