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Family Policies in the Context of Family Change
The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective
ISBN/EAN: 9783531145648
Umbreit-Nr.: 1106018
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: vi, 209 S.
Format in cm: 1.2 x 24.2 x 17
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 14.02.2008
Auflage: 1/2008
- Zusatztext
- A better work-life balance for working parents has become an imperative social policy issue in most contemporary welfare states and sets two objectives: to increase flexible labour forces as well as the number of daycare facilities and to improve children´s overall education. Drawing upon up-to-date empirical data, the volume provides detailed insights in policies targeting families, above all, women as (to be) parents and workers. It compares experiences made in Nordic countries during the last 20 years. These countries have become paragons for policies that apparently work in favour of improving the work-life balance, equal employment opportunities and public child care. The Netherlands, Germany and the UK are taken in as countries that provide contrasts in employment patterns and family-related policies. The volume is a timely contribution to ongoing debates on 'policies that work' and related quests for policy-learning in regard to boosting female employment, maintaining, even increasing, birth-rates and investing in human resources.
- Autorenportrait
- Ilona Ostner is Professor of Social Policy at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Faculty of Social Science. Christoph Schmitt teaches social policy at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Faculty of Social Science.
- Schlagzeile
- The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective