Fathers, childcare and work : cultures, practices and policies / edited by Rosy Musumeci and Arianna Santero.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Musumeci, Rosy, editor.

Santero, Arianna, editor.

Series:

Contemporary perspectives on family research ; 1530-3535 v. 12.

Contemporary perspectives in family research, 1530-3535 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatherhood.

Child care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

The work-life balance of fathers has increasingly come under scrutiny in political and academic debates. This collection brings together qualitative and quantitative empirical analyses to explore fathers approaches to reconciling paid work and care responsibilities. Taking a global perspective, contributors explore how fathers realize and represent their gendered work-care balance and how enterprises and experts, in country specific institutional context, provide formal and informal resources, constrains, expectations and social norms that shape their practices. Chapters explore how fathers from different social and economic backgrounds fullfil their roles both within the family and in the workplace, and what support they rely on in combining these roles. Further, the collection explores an area of research that has been little investigated: the role played by organizational cultures and experts (such as obstetricians, gynaecologists, paediatricians and psychologists) in shaping notions of good fatherhood and fathering, to which individuals are required to confirm, and to which they, variously, comply or resist.

Contents:

Intro

FATHERS, CHILDCARE AND WORK: CULTURES, PRACTICES AND POLICIES

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: CARING FATHERS IN DISCOURAGING CONTEXTS? A MULTIDIMENSIONAL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

1. THE GOALS OF THIS BOOK

2. THREE ANALYTICAL DIMENSIONS TO CONCEPTUALISE FATHERS' WORK-FAMILY BALANCE ACROSS COUNTRIES

3. DATA AND METHODS FOR RESEARCHING FATHERS' CARE ARRANGEMENTS

4. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK

NOTES

REFERENCES

PART I: FATHERS' EXPERIENCES, ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS

CHAPTER 1: ANTICIPATING AND PRACTICING FATHERHOOD IN SPAIN

INTRODUCTION

1. EARLIER RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2. THE SPANISH CONTEXT

3. DATA AND METHODOLOGY

4. RESULTS

Improvising Fatherhood

Poorly Planned Fatherhood

Embracing an Involved Fatherhood

5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 2: WHEN HUSBANDS AND WIVES DON'T AGREE, WHO 'WINS'? VALUE/PRACTICE DISSONANCE IN THE DIVISION OF WORK AROUND PARENTHOOD IN ITALY

1. WHEN HUSBANDS AND WIVES DO NOT AGREE: DIFFERENT THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Gender Division of Housework (or Labour)

Preference Theory Revised

Marital Power and Negotiation Processes

The Italian Context

2. ATTITUDES, DISPUTES AND PRACTICES: A QUANTITATIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Data and Variables

Correlates of Woman's Share of Total Unpaid Work

Correlates of Woman's Employment and Couple's Disputes

3. HOW PARTNERS NEGOTIATE DISAGREEMENTS DURING TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD: A QUALITATIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Data and Codes

The Allocation of Domestic Labour

Sharing (or Not) Parental Leave

4. CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 3: FATHERS AND CHILD RAISING IN MEXICO IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

INTRODUCTION.

1. LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETIES HAVE CHANGED QUICKLY, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY MODERNIZED

2. THE MEXICAN CONTEXT: MAJOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS WITH SLOW PROGRESS IN REDUCING GENDER GAPS

3. PREVIOUS SOCIAL RESEARCH ON MALE INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDCARE IN MEXICO

4. DATA AND METHODS

Information source and study population

Socio-demographic Characteristics and Fathers' Participation in Childcare

5. MEXICAN FATHERS AND CHILDCARE IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

Time Spent by Fathers in Childcare by Place of Residence

Factors Associated with the Level of Fathers' Participation in Childcare

6. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER 4: WORKING FATHERS AND CHILDCARE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

1. IDEALS OF FATHERHOOD

2. REALITY OF FATHERHOOD

3. THE ACTIVE ROLES OF FATHERS

4. LIMITS TO FATHERHOOD INVOLVEMENT

5. RECONCILIATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND FATHERHOOD LIVES

6. CONCLUSION

PART II: WORK ORGANIZATIONS AND CHILDCARE EXPERTS CULTURES

CHAPTER 5: FORMAL AND INFORMAL WORKPLACE SUPPORT FOR NEW FATHERS IN SPAIN

1. METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLE

2. MAKING SENSE OF THE GENDERED USE OF FORMAL POLICIES

3. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND INFORMAL SUPPORT

CHAPTER 6: THE INFLUENCE OF INFANCY EXPERTS AND WORKPLACE CULTURES ON WORK-CHILDCARE RECONCILIATION PRACTICES AMONG NATIVE AND IMMIGRANT FATHERS IN ITALY

1. CONCEPTUALIZING NATIVE AND MIGRANT FATHERS' PRACTICES TO RECONCILE PAID WORK AND CHILDCARE: THE ROLE OF EXPERTS AND WORKPLACE CULTURES

1.1. Gender as a Social Structure: Defining the 'Adequate' Fatherhood

1.2. Exploring the Interplay between Childcare Expert Cultures and Workplace Cultures

1.2.1. A Widespread (Gendered) Culture around Childcare.

1.2.2. Workplaces Cultures and Fathers' Practices

1.3. Migrant and Native Fathers: Exploring the Interplay of Two Different Interactional Dimensions

2. CULTURES, PRACTICES AND POLICIES AROUND FATHERS AS 'ASSISTANT' CARERS: THE ITALIAN CONTEXT

3. DATA AND METHODS

4. FINDINGS

4.1. The Role of Infancy Experts

4.2. The Role of Workplace Cultures

5. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 7: PATERNAL LEAVE AND PART-TIME WORK IN AUSTRIA: REARRANGING FAMILY LIFE

INTRODUCTION: PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN FAMILY WORK

1. METHODS

2. FATHERLY LOVE, HANDS-ON FATHERS AND DECISIVE INFLUENCES: PATERNAL LEAVE POLICIES

3. IDEALS OF MASCULINITY AND FATHERING - INNER CONFLICTS AND STRUGGLES

4. QUALITATIVE DATA ON THE EFFECTS OF PATERNAL LEAVE

5. LONG-TERM INVOLVEMENT IN THE FAMILY: PART-TIME WORKING FATHERS AS A 'RARE SPECIES'

6. INDIVIDUAL EXCEPTIONAL CASES OR NEW STANDARDS FOR CARING FATHERS?

7. NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR MALE SOCIAL RELATIONS OPENED BY PARENTAL LEAVE

8. ORGANIZING FAMILY LIFE - 'STAY-AT-HOME FATHERS'

9. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK: PARENTAL LEAVE AND CHILDCARE ALLOWANCE SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 8: 'INVOLVED' FATHERS, 'IDEAL' WORKERS? FATHERS' WORK-FAMILY EXPERIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES

1. GOOD FATHERHOOD

2. WFP IN GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS

3. METHODS AND DATA

The Fathers

4. THE VISIBILITY WORKPLACE

5. FATHERHOOD IN THE VISIBILITY WORKPLACE: PERCEPTIONS ON USE OF WFP

6. THE INVOLVED DAD?

7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

PART II: CHANGING FATHERHOOD, CHANGING POLICIES?

CHAPTER 9: CULTURE, POLICIES AND PRACTICES ON FATHERS' WORK AND CHILDCARE IN JAPAN: A NEW DEPARTURE FROM OLD PERSISTENCE?

1. LITERATURE

2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODS.

3. CHANGES IN THE DISCOURSE BY EXPERTS TOWARDS EQUAL PARENTING BY FATHERS AND MOTHERS AROUND 1980

4. LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS

5. TRENDS IN ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES FROM THE 1980s TO THE PRESENT

6. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 10: POLICIES PROMOTING ACTIVE FATHERHOOD IN FIVE NORDIC COUNTRIES

1. CONSTRUCTION OF FATHERHOOD: FAMILY LAW

1.1. Establishing Fatherhood

1.2. Custody of the Child

2. FAMILY CASH BENEFITS

2.1. Fathers' Right to Child Benefits

2.2. Fathers and Child Maintenance

3. FATHERS' ENTITLEMENT TO PAID PATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE

3.1. Fathers' Individual Rights and Paternity Leave

3.2. The Father's Quota

4. OUTCOMES OF POLICIES FOR FATHERHOOD PRACTICE

4.1. Fathers Take Up of Leave

4.2. Fathers' Involvement in Sharing Unpaid Work

CONCLUDING REMARKS: CARING FATHERS' ENTANGLEMENT IN THE NEXUS OF CULTURES, PRACTICES AND POLICIES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787432765

1787432769

9781787430419

1787430413