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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Editors’ Introduction: Men, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance—An Exploration across Continents
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Fatherhood and Men’s Work-Life Balance: A Theoretical Framework across Continents
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Changing Fathers: Work, Children, and Reconciliation Strategies
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Fathers’ Work-Family Life Balance: Conflicts and Challenges
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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.
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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