Full 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.
Contents
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 Stobel-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.
