Father Involvement in the Early Years
An International Comparison of Policy and Practice
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2016
272 pages
978-1-4473-1903-0 (ISBN)
Description
Fatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: societal mandates to be both an active father and provider, men's own wish to be more involved with their children, and the institutional arrangements in which fathers work and live. This book explores these phenomena in the context of cross-national policies and their relation to the daily childcare practices of fathers. It presents the current state of knowledge on father involvement with young children in six countries from different welfare state regimes with unique policies related to parenting in general and fathers in particular: Finland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, the UK and the USA.
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Editor
University of Maryland
Marina A. Adler is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. Her research involves cross-national gender, work and family intersections, inequality (race, class, gender) and social policy, and social change.
Marina A. Adler is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. Her research involves cross-national gender, work and family intersections, inequality (race, class, gender) and social policy, and social change.
Dresden University of Technology
Karl Lenz is Professor and Chair of Micro-Sociology and Vice-Rector for University Planning at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. His research focuses on the sociology of personal relationships, sociology of gender, and the life course.
Karl Lenz is Professor and Chair of Micro-Sociology and Vice-Rector for University Planning at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. His research focuses on the sociology of personal relationships, sociology of gender, and the life course.
Contributions
Arts Council England
University of East Anglia
NatCen Social Research
University of East Anglia
Research On Child
Institute for Economic Research
University of Padua
Universita di Milano-Bicocca
Elisabetta Ruspini is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). Since 2012 she has coordinated the Research Section "Studi di Genere" (Gender Studies), part of the AIS (Associazione Italiana di Sociologia-Italian Sociological Association). She is a board member of the ESA Research Network 33 "Women's and Gender Studies" and has extensive teaching and research experience on gender issues. She has published a number of books, articles and contributed papers to many conferences.
Elisabetta Ruspini is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). Since 2012 she has coordinated the Research Section "Studi di Genere" (Gender Studies), part of the AIS (Associazione Italiana di Sociologia-Italian Sociological Association). She is a board member of the ESA Research Network 33 "Women's and Gender Studies" and has extensive teaching and research experience on gender issues. She has published a number of books, articles and contributed papers to many conferences.
University of Leipzig
University of Jyväskylä
university of Jyväskylä
Content
Introduction ~ Marina A. Adler, Karl Lenz;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Finland~ Jouko Huttunen and Petteri Eerola;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Germany ~ Marina A. Adler, Karl Lenz, Yve Stöbel-Richter;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Italy ~ Elisabetta Ruspini and Maria Letizia Tanturri;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Slovenia ~ Nada Stropnik and Ziva Humer;
Father involvement with young children in the contemporary United Kingdom ~ Margaret O'Brien, Sara Connolly, Svetlana Speight, Matthew Aldrich, and Eloise Poole;
Father involvement with young children in the contemporary United States ~ Marina A. Adler;
Comparative father involvement: The dynamics of gender culture, policy, and practice ~ Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz.
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Finland~ Jouko Huttunen and Petteri Eerola;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Germany ~ Marina A. Adler, Karl Lenz, Yve Stöbel-Richter;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Italy ~ Elisabetta Ruspini and Maria Letizia Tanturri;
Father involvement with young children in contemporary Slovenia ~ Nada Stropnik and Ziva Humer;
Father involvement with young children in the contemporary United Kingdom ~ Margaret O'Brien, Sara Connolly, Svetlana Speight, Matthew Aldrich, and Eloise Poole;
Father involvement with young children in the contemporary United States ~ Marina A. Adler;
Comparative father involvement: The dynamics of gender culture, policy, and practice ~ Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz.
