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The care of children : A cross-national comparison of parents’ expectations and experiences
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- Almqvist, Anna-Lena, 1963- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Sociologiska institutionen
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- Nordenmark, Mikael, Professor (preses)
- Mittuniversitetet Östersund, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap
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- Boje, Thomas P., Professor (preses)
- Roskilde Universitetscenter
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- Roman, Christine (opponent)
- Örebro Universitet
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- ISBN 9173058319
- Umeå : Sociologi, 2005
- Engelska 26 s.
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Serie: Akademiska avhandlingar vid Sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, 1104-2508
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Abstract
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- As a point of departure, this thesis is motivated by the big changes which have taken place in most Western European countries since the 1970s, with an increase in female labour market participation and, to some extent, men’s increased share of the domestic work. There is also a debate as to whether France, having a fairly extensive family support,should be categorised as closer to the Scandinavian countries or together with countries with more restrictive family policy such as Italy and Germany, and thus belonging to the conservative regime cluster as defined by Gösta Esping-Andersen. The major topic of this thesis concerns what expectations parents have on childcare and how they experience the combination of care of children and participation in paid work. Two studies, based on quantitative macro-data, analyse and compare differences in primarily women’s employment in relation to family policy measures. The studies concern in addition to France and Sweden, also Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. The results indicate that the extensive family support system brings France closer to the Scandinavian countries. However, results based on 80 interviews made with 40 French and 40 Swedish families in the three following studies indicate that this may not be the case concerning factors like attitudes and values about the care of children and the reconciliation of work and family. Results indicate that values expressed in the French families point to a strong connection with values significant for countries in the conservative regime cluster. Major findings are that in the reconciliation of work and family, Swedes experience role stress more than French people, and in particular Swedish fathers. In France, on the other hand, mothers strongly express a feeling of dissatisfaction with their partner’s lack of participation in the household work. Regarding the attitudes to the paid parental leave (allocation parentale d’éducation- APE), French families’ arguments reflect that the policy does not promote fathers’ use of paid parental leave, and French mothers more than Swedish mothers refer to the weaker labour market situation as a reason for their use of the leave. Concerning expectations on childcare, French families more than Swedish families stress the importance of ‘upbringing,’ ‘learning’ and ‘socialisation,’ whereas Swedish families emphasise ‘pedagogy’ and that the staff recognises the individual child.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Sociology
- Childcare
- Cross-national comparison
- Family
- Family policy
- France
- Gender
- Parental leave
- Qualitative studies
- Role expansion theory
- Role stress theory
- Sweden
- Sociologi
- Sociology
- Sociologi
- Sociology
- sociologi
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