Screen LibraryParental leave and beyond : recent international developments, current issues and future directions /
This volume provides an international perspective on parental leave policies in different countries, goes beyond this to examine a range of issues in depth, and aims to stimulate thinking about possible futures and how policy might underpin them.
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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Policy Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bristol, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This volume provides an international perspective on parental leave policies in different countries, goes beyond this to examine a range of issues in depth, and aims to stimulate thinking about possible futures and how policy might underpin them. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 377 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781447338772 (hardcover) : 1447338774 (hardcover) 9781447338789 (paperback) 1447338782 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HD6065 |
| CLC: | D912.5 |
| Call Number: | D912.5/P228 |
| Contents: |
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: much work still to do / Recent developments and the politics of leave policy -- Spain: leave policy in times of economic crisis / Poland: leave policy and the process and goals of a major reform / United Kingdom: leave policy and an attempt to take a new path / Israel: leave policy, familialism and the neoliberal welfare state / Japan: leave policy and attempts to increase fathers' take-up / China: leave and population policies / Mexico: leave policy, co-responsibility in childcare and informal employment / United States: leave policy, failure and potential / Some current issues in leave policy -- What do people want? Leave policy preferences in different countries / Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers' participation / Flexibility: some consequences for fathers' caregiving / The workplace: challenges for fathers and their use of leave / Care-work policies: conceptualising leave within a broader framework / A social right? Access to leave and its relation to parents' labour market position / Future directions for leave policy -- Universal Basic Income: what could it mean for gender equality in care work? / The time credit system: the panacea for a life course approach? / Towards a multi-active society: daring to imagine a new work-life regime / Reimagining Parental Leave: a conceptual `thought experiment' / Parental Leave and beyond: recent international developments, current issues and future directions / |