Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare states
Author： Eydal Guðný Björk; Rostgaard Tine
Publisher： Policy Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781447310495
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781447310471
Subject： C91 Sociology
Keyword： Sociology: family & relationships 社会学
Language： ENG
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Description
The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as UK and the US, demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in the Nordic setting through family and social policies, and how these contribute to shaping and influencing the images, roles and practices of fathers in a diversity of family settings and variations of fatherhoods. This comprehensive volume will have wide international appeal for those who look to Nordic countries and their success in creating gender equal societies.