Designing Parental Leave Policy: The Norway Model and the Changing Face of Fatherhood

ISBN-13: 9781529201581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 238 str.

Elin (Elin Kvande is Professor at the Department of Sociolog

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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