Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States : : Comparing Care Policies and Practice / / ed. by Guðný Björk Eydal, Tine Rostgaard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Andersen, Arnfinn J.,; Bloksgaard, Lotte,; Brandth, Berit,; Duvander, Ann-Zofie,; Eydal, Guðný Björk,; Friðriksdóttir, Hrefna,; Gornick, Janet,; Gíslason, Ingólfur V.,; Haataja, Anita,; Hakovirta, Mia,; Johansson, Mats,; Kvande, Elin,; Lammi-Taskula, Johanna,; Lausten, Mette,; Liversage, Anika,; Møberg, Rasmus Juul,; Nielsen, Steen Baagøe,; Nordenmark, Mikael,; Ottosen, Mai Heide,; O’Brien, Margaret,; Pääkkönen, Hannu,; Rostgaard, Tine,; Salmi, Minna,; Westerling, Allan,; Ylikännö, Minna,
• HerausgeberIn: Eydal, Guðný Björk,; Rostgaard, Tine,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 14 Black and White

The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as UK and the US, demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in the Nordic setting through family and social policies, and how these contribute to shaping and influencing the images, roles and practices of fathers in a diversity of family settings and variations of fatherhoods. This comprehensive volume will have wide international appeal for those who look to Nordic countries and their success in creating gender equal societies.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Fathers, families and family policies -- Fathering: the influence of ideational factors for male fertility behaviour -- Nordic family law: new framework – new fatherhoods -- Fathers’ rights to family cash benefits in Nordic countries -- Fathers in everyday life – culture, work and care -- Time use of Finnish fathers – do institutions matter? -- Parental leave and classed fathering practices in Norway -- Negotiating leave in the workplace: leave practices and masculinity constructions among Danish fathers -- Gender regime, attitudes towards childcare and actual involvement in childcare among fathers -- Constructing fatherhood in different family settings -- Fathering as a learning process: breaking new ground in familiar territory -- Minority ethnic men and fatherhood in a Danish context -- Making space for fatherhood in gay men’s lives in Norway -- The long-term impacts of early paternal involvement in childcare in Denmark: what happens after nuclear family dissolution -- Caring fathers and paid parental leave policies -- The coming and going of the father’s quota in Denmark: consequences for fathers’ parental leave take-up -- Policy goals and obstacles for fathers’ parental leave in Finland -- Caring fathers and parental leave in prosperous times and times of crisis: the case of Iceland -- Parental leave use for different fathers: a study of the impact of three Swedish parental leave reforms -- International reflections on findings -- Parental leave and fathers: extending and deepening the knowledge base -- Nordic fathers: tracking diversity and complexity -- Conclusions -- Conclusions: ‘What is constructed can be transformed’ -- Index