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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Hlavní autoři:	Kamerman, Sheila B., Moss, Peter
Médium:	E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Bristol Policy Press 22.07.2009 The Policy Press
Vydání:	1
Témata:	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