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Parental leave and beyond : recent international developments, current issues and future directions /
This volume provides an international perspective on parental leave policies in different countries, goes beyond this to examine a range of issues in depth, and aims to stimulate thinking about possible futures and how policy might underpin them.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol ; Chicago, IL :
Policy Press,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: much work still to do
- PART I. Recent developments and the politics of leave policy. Spain: leave policy in times of economic crisis ; Poland: leave policy and the process and goals of a major reform ; United Kingdom: leave policy and an attempt to take a new path ; Israel: leave policy, familialism and the neoliberal welfare state ; Japan: leave policy and attempts to increase fathers' take-up ; China: leave and population policies ; Mexico: leave policy, co-responsibility in childcare and informal employment ; United States: leave policy, failure and potential
- PART II. Some current issues in leave policy. What do people want? Leave policy preferences in different countries ; Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers' participation ; Flexibility: some consequences for fathers' caregiving ; The workplace: challenges for fathers and their use of leave ; Care-work policies: conceptualizing leave within a broader framework ; A social right? Access to leave and its relation to parents' labour market position
- PART III. Future directions for leave policy. Universal Basic Income: what could it mean for gender equality in care work? ; The time credit system: the panacea for a life course approach: ; Toward a multi-active society: daring to imagine a new work-life regime ; Reimagining Parental Leave: a conceptual 'thought experiment' ; Parental Leave and beyond: recent international developments, current issues and future directions.