| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 377 pages) |
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Introduction: much work still to do -- PART I. Recent developments and the politics of leave policy. Spain: leave policy in times of economic crisis ; Poland: leave policy and the process and goals of a major reform ; United Kingdom: leave policy and an attempt to take a new path ; Israel: leave policy, familialism and the neoliberal welfare state ; Japan: leave policy and attempts to increase fathers' take-up ; China: leave and population policies ; Mexico: leave policy, co-responsibility in childcare and informal employment ; United States: leave policy, failure and potential -- PART II. Some current issues in leave policy. What do people want? Leave policy preferences in different countries ; Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers' participation ; Flexibility: some consequences for fathers' caregiving ; The workplace: challenges for fathers and their use of leave ; Care-work policies: conceptualizing leave within a broader framework ; A social right? Access to leave and its relation to parents' labour market position -- PART III. Future directions for leave policy. Universal Basic Income: what could it mean for gender equality in care work? ; The time credit system: the panacea for a life course approach: ; Toward a multi-active society: daring to imagine a new work-life regime ; Reimagining Parental Leave: a conceptual 'thought experiment' ; Parental Leave and beyond: recent international developments, current issues and future directions |
| Summary |
This volume provides an international perspective on parental leave policies in different countries, goes beyond this to examine a range of issues in depth, and aims to stimulate thinking about possible futures and how policy might underpin them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Key dimensions for gender equal use of Parental Leave |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on April 25, 2019) |
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Family leave -- Government policy
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Family leave -- Law and legislation
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Work and family -- Government policy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Parental leave -- Government policy
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Parental leave -- Law and legislation
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Work and family -- Government policy
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1.10 USA.
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1.9 Lateinamerika.
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1.8 Europa.
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1.7 Asien.
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1.6 Familie-Beruf.
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1.5 Hausarbeit.
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1.4\x Väter.
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1.3 Gleichberechtigung.
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1.2 Familienpolitik.
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1.1 Elternzeit.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moss, Peter, 1945- editor.
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Duvander, Ann-Zofie E., editor.
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Koslowski, Alison Smith, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
1447338790 |
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9781447338796 |
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9781447338819 |
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1447338812 |
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9781447338802 |
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1447338804 |
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