Fatherhood in the Nordic welfare states : comparing care policies and practice / edited by guöný Björk Eydal ; Tine Rostgaard.

Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Nordic countries are known worldwide for their extensive welfare system and gender equality, which enables both parents to hold jobs, earn money, and care for their children. In this volume, scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as from the United States and the UK, explore the effects of these policies on fatherhood, and how the policies that support it contribute to shaping and influencing the image, role, and practice of fathers in a diversity of family settings.

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FATHERHOOD IN THE NORDIC WELFARE STATES; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Aim and background; Organisation of the book; Concept of fatherhood; Growing interest in fathers; Fathers and their role and involvement in families; Theoretical and analytical perspectives; Theme 1: Fathers, families and family policies; 2. Fathering: the influence of ideational factors for male fertility behaviour; Introduction; Fertility decisions: structural, situational and cultural explanations; Data and methods.

Characteristics of fatheringAttitudes towards fatherhood; Relationship between ideational factors and male fertility: regression analysis; Conclusion; 3. Nordic family law: new framework -- new fatherhoods; Introduction; Nordic family law and social change; Principles guiding family law reform; Fatherhoods in different settings; Conclusion; 4. Fathers' rights to family cash benefits in Nordic countries; Introduction; Fatherhood and family policies; Breadwinners, taxation and child benefits; Fathers' rights to paid paternity and parental leave; Fathers and child maintenance.

Model families and family benefits to fathers and mothers Conclusion; Appendix: Model family calculations; Theme 2: Fathers in everyday life -- culture, work and care; 5. Time use of Finnish fathers -- do institutions matter?; Introduction; Fatherhood in the Finnish family policy context; Family policy: potential for changing time use; Data and methods; Time used for work and care; Conclusion: times are changing -- slowly; 6. Parental leave and classed fathering practices in Norway; Introduction; Classed and gendered father practices; Data and methods.

The parental leave system and class variations in how fathers use leaveThe classing of care practices; Conclusion; 7. Negotiating leave in the workplace: leave practices and masculinity constructions among Danish fathers; Introduction; The Danish leave context; Theoretical perspectives: leave practices and workplace negotiations; Data and methods; Three Danish workplaces; Fathers' leave practices in the three workplaces; Fathers negotiating leave in the workplace; Work or leave: conflicting ideals in fathers' identity constructions?; Conclusion.

8. Gender regime, attitudes towards childcare and actual involvement in childcare among fathersIntroduction; Background; Data and methods; Gender policy regime shaping fathers' attitudes and involvement in family life; Conclusion; Theme 3: Constructing fatherhood in different family settings; 9. Fathering as a learning process: breaking new ground in familiar territory; Introduction; Data and methods; Social change of fathering as a challenge to motherhood ideologies; Understanding fathering as a learning process; Negotiations of competent care.

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