Table of Contents
Introduction (Steven K. Wisensale and Linda Haas) Job Loss, the Family, and Public Policy (Kenneth A. Root) Poverty and Couple Relationships: Implications for Welfare Policy (Pajarita Charles, Dennis K. Orthner, Anne Jones, and Deborah Mancini) Single Mothers and Family Values: The Effects of Welfare, Race, and Marriage on Family Attitudes (Teresa Ciabattari) The Need for International Family Policy: Mothers As Workers and As Carers (Sally Bould) Organizational Responses to the Fatherhood Crisis: The Case of Fathers’ Rights Groups in the United States (Jocelyn Elise Crowley) Gender Equality and Fertility in Sweden: A Study on the Impact of the Father’s Uptake of Parental Leave on Continued Childbearing (Ann-Zofie Duvander and Gunnar Andersson) Social Policy for Family Caregivers of Elderly: A Canadian, Japanese, and Australian Comparison (Carol D. H. Harvey and Satomi Yoshino) The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: A Policy Analysis (Nicole D. Forry and Elaine A. Anderson) California’s Paid Leave Law: A Model for Other States? (Steven K. Wisensale) Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family (Barbara Hobson and Livia Sz. Oláh) Gender Regimes and Cultures of Care: Public Support for Maternal Employment in Germany and the United States (Marina A. Adler and April Brayfield) Leave Policies and Research: A Cross-National Overview (Peter Moss and Fred Deven) Seeking Balance Between Work and Family After Communism (Steven Saxonberg and Tomá Sirovátka) Trading Well-Being for Economic Efficiency: The 1990 Shift in EU Childcare Policies (Inge Bleijenbergh, Jet Bussemaker, and Jeanne de Bruijn) Family Well-Being Between Work, Care and Welfare Politics: The Case of Norway (Kjersti Melberg) The Evolution of Family Policy in Spain (Gerardo Meil) Index Reference Notes Included