Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Family Policies in the Context of Family Change

The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective

  • Book
  • © 2008

Overview

Editors:
  1. Ilona Ostner
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Christoph Schmitt
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Ilona Ostner, Christoph Schmitt
    Pages 9-35

  3. Family Policy. The Case of Sweden

    • Ulla Björnberg, Lillemor Dahlgren
    Pages 37-56

  4. Current Issues of Family Policy in Denmark

    • Peter Abrahamson, Cecilie Wehner
    Pages 57-74

  5. Family Policies in Finland

    • Katja Forssén, Anne-Mari Jaakola, Veli-Matti Ritakallio
    Pages 75-88

  6. Family Policies in Norway

    • Anne Skevik, Aksel Hatland
    Pages 89-107

  7. Family Policy in Iceland: An Overview

    • Guðný Eydal, Stefán Ólafsson
    Pages 109-127

  8. Family Policies in the UK

    • Naomi Finch
    Pages 129-154

  9. Private Responsibility and Some Support. Family Policies in The Netherlands

    • Trudie Knijn
    Pages 155-173

  10. Family Policies in Germany

    • Sigrid Leitner, Ilona Ostner, Christoph Schmitt
    Pages 175-202

  11. Conclusion

    • Ilona Ostner, Christoph Schmitt
    Pages 203-212

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-214
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

A better work-life balance for working parents has become an imperative social policy issue in most contemporary welfare states and sets two objectives: to increase flexible labour forces as well as the number of daycare facilities and to improve children´s overall education. Drawing upon up-to-date empirical data, the volume provides detailed insights in policies targeting families, above all, women as (to be) parents and workers. It compares experiences made in Nordic countries during the last 20 years. These countries have become paragons for policies that apparently work in favour of improving the work-life balance, equal employment opportunities and public child care. The Netherlands, Germany and the UK are taken in as countries that provide contrasts in employment patterns and family-related policies. The volume is a timely contribution to ongoing debates on ‘policies that work’ and related quests for policy-learning in regard to boosting female employment, maintaining, even increasing, birth-rates and investing in human resources.

About the authors

Ilona Ostner is Professor of Social Policy at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Faculty of Social Science.
Christoph Schmitt teaches social policy at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Faculty of Social Science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Policies in the Context of Family Change

  • Book Subtitle: The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective

  • Editors: Ilona Ostner, Christoph Schmitt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90895-3

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Science (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-14564-8Published: 14 February 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-90895-3Published: 11 May 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 209

  • Topics: Education, general

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation