Introduction
Part 1: The importance of leave design
Fathers’ sense of entitlement to ear-marked and shared parental leave
Decomposing policy design: outsider-within perspectives
Flexible use of the father’s quota: Problems and possibilities
Part 2: Caregiving – fathers in transition
Masculinity and child care
Home alone on leave or with the mother present
Fathers experiencing solo leave: Change and Continuities
Immigrant fathers framing parental leave and caregiving
Part 3: Reconciling work and care
Changing fathers and work–life boundary setting
Negotiating parental leave and working life
Workplace support of fathers’ parental leave use
Managers: Irreplaceable in caregiving and replaceable at work
Conclusions: Change in policies, fathers’ caregiving and the ideal-worker norm