The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy

"This engaging collection gathers theoretical and empirical insights from leading family policy experts. The authors - representing diverse countries, disciplines, and methods - bring to life the volume's innovative conceptual framework, which is organized around policy institutions, both...

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Other Authors: Nieuwenhuis, Rense (Editor), Van Lancker, Wim (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Introduction
  • 1. A Multilevel Perspective on Family Policy; Rense Nieuwenhuis & Wim Van Lancker
  • 2. Conceptualizing and Analyzing Family Policy and How it is Changing; Mary Daly
  • Section 2. Supra-National
  • 3. Beyond the National: How the EU, OECD and World Bank do FAmily Policy; Jane Jenson
  • 4. Do International Organizations Influence Domestic Policy Outcomes in OECD Countries?; Linda A. White
  • 5. What Does the UN Have to Say About Family Policy? Reflections on the ILO, UNICEF and UN Women; Shahra Razavi
  • Section 3. National
  • 6. Conceptual Approaches in Comparative Family Policy Research; Hannah Zagel & Henning Lohmann
  • 7. Conceptualizing National Family Policies: A Capabilities Approach; Jana Javornik & Mara A. Yerkes
  • 8. Early Childhood Care and Education Policies That Make a Difference; Michel Vandenbroeck
  • 9. Family Policies and Family Outcomes in OECD countries; Willem Adema, Chris Clarke & Olivier Thévenon
  • 10. Family Policies Across the Globe; Fernando Filgueira & Cecilia Rossel
  • 11. Gendered Tradeoffs; Jennifer L. Hook & Meiying Li
  • 12. Separated Families and Child Support Policies in Times of Social Change: A Comparative Analysis; Christine Skinner & Mia Hakovirta
  • 13. Dual-earner Family Policies at Work for Single-parent Families?; Laurie C. Maldonado & Rense Nieuwenhuis
  • 14. Policies for Later-life Families in a Comparative European Perspective; Pearl A. Dykstra & Maja Djundeva
  • 15. How Well Do European Child-Related Leave Policies Support the Caring Role of Fathers?; Alzbeta Bartova & Renske Keizer
  • 16. Parentalization of Same-Sex Couples: Family Formation and Leave Rights in Five Northern European Countries; Marie Evertsson, Eva Jaspers & Ylva Moberg
  • Section 4. Sub-national
  • 17. Breaking the Liberal-Market Mold? Family Policy Variation Across U.S. States and Why it Matters; Cassandra Engeman
  • 18. Family Policy in the United States: State-Level Variation in Policy & Poverty Outcomes from 1980 to 2015; Zachary Parolin & Rosa Daiger Von Gleichen
  • 19. Going Regional: Local Childcare Provision and Parental Work-care Choices in Germany; Pia S. Schober
  • 20. Private Childcare and Employment Options: The Geography of the Return to Work for Mothers in the Netherlands; Tom Emery
  • Section 5. Organizational
  • 21. Company-level Family Policies: Who Has Access to it and What Are Some of its Outcomes?; Heejung Chung
  • 22. The Educational Gradient in Company-level Family Policies; Katia Begall & Tanja van der Lippe
  • 23. Managing Work-life Tensions: The Challenges for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs); E. Anne Bardoel
  • Section 6. The Next Decade of Research
  • 24. Childcare Indicators for the Next Generation of Research; Sebastian Sirén, Laure Doctrinal, Wim Van Lancker & Rense Nieuwenhuis
  • 25. Family Policy: Neglected Determinant of Vertical Income Inequality; Rense Nieuwenhuis
  • 26. Conclusion: The Next Decade of Family Policy Research; Wim Van Lancker & Rense Nieuwenhuis.