Social Policy, Employment and Family Change in Comparative Perspective

By: Jonathan Bradshaw (Editor), Aksel Hatland (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 2006

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This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment & social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany & the United Kingdom. In these countries, family forms have been affected by lower fertility rates, lower marriage rates, increased cohabitation, & higher risks of relationship breakdown.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Central Government Central Government Policies Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Family & Relationships Sociology & Work & Labour Social Theory

Introduction	p. 1
Family change	p. 13
The parental employment context	p. 37
State recognition of new family forms?	p. 61
Parental rights and obligations	p. 79
Family benefit packages	p. 97
Childcare and parental leave	p. 119
Fertility rates in Europe : the influence of policy, economy and culture	p. 143
First births : a comparative study of the patterns of transition to parenthood in Europe	p. 161
Men and (their) families : comparative perspectives on men's roles and attitudes towards family formation	p. 179
Education, employment and family formation : differing patterns	p. 199
Working their way out of poverty? Lone mothers in policies and labour markets	p. 221
Family poverty in the European Union	p. 237
Gender equity and time use : how do mothers and fathers spend their time?	p. 255
Conclusions	p. 283
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