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Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society

The Fathers' Perspective

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  1. Isabella Crespi
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  2. Elisabetta Ruspini
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Part of the book series: Global Masculinities (GLMAS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Editors’ Introduction: Men, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance—An Exploration across Continents

    1. Editors’ Introduction: Men, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance—An Exploration across Continents

      • Isabella Crespi, Elisabetta Ruspini
      Pages 1-10

  4. Changing Fathers: Work, Children, and Reconciliation Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Changing Family Models: Emerging New Opportunities for Fathers in Catalonia (Spain)?

      • Lluís Flaquer, Almudena Moreno Mínguez, Tomás Cano López
      Pages 65-81

    3. Which Fathers Are Involved in Caring for Preschool-Age Children in the United Kingdom? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of Work Hours in Employement on Shared Childcare Arrangements in Couple Households

      • Colette Fagan, Helen Norman
      Pages 83-98

    4. Reconciling Work and Family among Japanese Fathers with Preschool-Age Children

      • Tomoko Matsuda, Saori Kamano, Mieko Takahashi, Setsuko Onode, Kyoko Yoshizumi
      Pages 99-112

    5. Work-Like Balance and Fathers in Austria? Empirical Evidence at the Company Level

      • Nadja Bergmann, Helene Schiffbänker
      Pages 113-127

    6. Between Change and Continuity: Fathers and Work-Family Balance in Italy

      • Maria Letizia Bosoni, Isabella Crespi, Elisabetta Ruspini
      Pages 129-145

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-229
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About this book

Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers' lives. There has been a general lack of comparative research to the complex intersection between old and new forms of masculinity; and between fatherhood, work-life balance, gender relations and children's well-being. As a result, men's fathering roles and their struggle with work-life balance have often been neglected. These cultural challenges should be better theorized within family and social policy research. This volume examines how fathers fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what institutional support could be of most benefit to them in combining these roles.

Reviews

“Twelve essays explore the changing ideals and experiences for men around fatherhood and employment. The scope is vast, covering the experience of fatherhood in countries around the globe. … Some of the chapters are reviews and assessments of existing research, while others present new analyses and theories. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (S. K. Gallagher, Choice, Vol. 54 (6), February, 2017) 

About the authors

Isabella Crespi is Associate Professor in Cultural sociology at the University of Macerata, Italy.

Elisabetta Ruspini is Senior Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society

  • Book Subtitle: The Fathers' Perspective

  • Authors: Isabella Crespi, Elisabetta Ruspini

  • Series Title: Global Masculinities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137533548

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59527-0Published: 09 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95982-2Published: 11 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53354-8Published: 15 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3858

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3866

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 229

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Family, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Feminism

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