Rush Between two worlds of father politics

USA or Sweden?
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78499-160-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have ‘father-friendly’ social policies and why others don’t.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rush, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Welfare, gender and fatherhood

2. The American model: state enforced agency
3. The Swedish model: state supported agency
4. Great Britain: full-time breadwinners-part time fathers
5. Ireland: 'vulnerable fathers', invisible fatherhood
6. The European Union and Scandivization

7. Crystalising the ‘Nordic Turn’ in Japan and the American model in China
8. Individualisation and two varieties of fatherhood and patriarchy
Index
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Rush Michael:

Michael Rush is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Applied Social Science at University College DublinMichael Rush is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Applied Social Science at University College Dublin