Parental Leave and Beyond: Recent International Developments, Current Issues and Future Directions

by Sophie Mathieu (Contribution by), Lindsey McKay (Contribution by), Andrea Doucet (Contribution by), Bernard Fusulier (Contribution by), Fred Deven (Contribution by)

Overview

This volume brings together contributors from 18 countries to provide international perspectives on the politics of parental leave policies in different parts of the world. Initially looking at the politics of care leave policies in eight countries across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia, the book moves on to consider a variety of key issues in depth, including gender equality, flexibility and challenges for fathers in using leave. In the final section of the book, contributors look beyond the early parenthood period to consider possible future directions for care leave policy in order to address the wider changes and challenges that our societies face.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447338772
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	05/04/2019
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Provision at UCL institute of Education, UniversityCollege London, and co-founder of the international Network on Leave Policies and Research.

Ann-Zofie Duvander is Professor of Demography at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm Universityand one of the coordinators of International Network on Leave Policies and Research.

Alison Koslowski is Professor of Social Policy and Research Methods at the University of Edinburgh, and co-editor of the annual International Review on Leave Policies and Related Research.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables v

List of abbreviations vii

Notes on contributors ix

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Introduction: much work still to do Peter Moss Alison Koslowski Ann-Zofie Duvander 1

Part I Recent developments and the politics of leave policy

2 Spain: leave policy in times of economic crisis Gerardo Meil Pedro Romero-Balsas Jesús Rogero-Garcia 21

3 Poland: leave policy and the process and goals of a major reform Anna Kurowska 39

4 United Kingdom: leave policy and an attempt to take a new path Peter Moss Margaret O'Brien 57

5 Israel: leave policy, familialism and the neoliberal welfare state Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky 75

6 Japan: leave policy and attempts to increase fathers' take-up Hideki Nakazato 91

7 China: leave and population policies Shirley Gatenio Gabel Wen-Jui Han Xiaoran Wang 111

8 Mexico: leave policy, co-responsibility in childcare and informal employment Cándido Pérez-Hernández Anna Escobedo 129

9 United States: leave policy, failure and potential Gayle Kaufman 147

Part II Some current issues in Leave policy

10 What do people want? Leave policy preferences in different countries Isabel Valarino 167

11 Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers' participation Ann-Zofie Duvander Guðny Björk Eydal Berit Brandth Ingólfur V. Gislason Johanna Lammi-Taskula Tine Rostgaard 187

12 Flexibility: some consequences for fathers' caregiving Berit Brandth Elin Kvande 205

13 The workplace: challenges for fathers and their use of leave Valérie Harvey Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 223

14 Care-work policies: conceptualising leave within a broader framework Sara Mazzucchelli Luca Pesenti M. Letizia Bosoni 241

15 A social right? Access to leave and its relation to parents' labour market position Ivana Dobroti Sonja Blum 261

Part III Future directions for leave policy

16 Universal Basic Income: what could it mean for gender equality in care work? Alison Koslowski 283

17 The time credit system: the panacea for a life course approach? Laura Merla Fred Deven 299

18 Towards a multi-active society: daring to imagine a new work-life regime Bernard Fusulier Chantal Nicole-Drancourt 315

19 Reimagining Parental Leave: a conceptual 'thought experiment' Andrea Doucet Undsey McKay Sophie Mathieu 333

20 Parental Leave and beyond: recent international developments, current issues and future directions Alison Koslowski Ann-Zofie Duvander Peter Moss 353

Index 371

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This is the finest collection on the topic of parental leave and related concepts available, provoking us to think beyond the realm of current policies and to construct more equitable and effective policies.” Marian Baird, University of Sydney

Editorial Reviews

This is the finest collection on the topic of parental leave and related concepts available, provoking us to think beyond the realm of current policies and to construct more equitable and effective policies.

University of Sydney Marian Baird