Research handbook on leave policy : parenting and social inequalities in a global perspective / edited by Ivana Dobrotic, Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koslowski, Alison Smith, 1975- editor.

Blum, Sonja, 1983- editor.

Dobrotić, Ivana, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family leave--Government policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Family leave.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"Featuring contributions from leading international scholars of social policy, this dynamic Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and methodological developments in leave policy research, as well as state-of-the-art findings on leave policy determinants and outcomes globally. The topic of inequality is placed at the centre of the Research Handbook, to strengthen the global debate and encourage broader thinking about the interconnections between leave policy design and social inequalities. Chapters illustrate the continued relevance of this correlation in the context of gendered care and employment practices, precarious, underinsured, and nonstandard employment, informal economies, migration, family changes, and growing financial strains for parents. Using parental leave policy as an empirical lens to further our understanding of the intersectional nature of social inequalities, the editors ultimately consider whether there is a case to reconfigure leave policy as a social right. This incisive Research Handbook will be essential reading for a multi-disciplinary audience of students and scholars of social policy, family studies, gender studies, sociology, social work, and public policy. Its evaluation of cutting-edge developments in leave policy will also benefit national and international policy makers, as well as HR leaders interested in parenting leave best practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective

PART I Conceptual and analytical challenges in leave policy research

2. A short history of leave policy research in higher income countries

3. Locating parenting leaves in gender and welfare state analysis

4. Grasping the character of parenting leave policies in space and time

5. How to improve comparative parenting leave policy indicators?

PART II Analysing the drivers of leave policies: politics and ideas

6. Parenting leave policies and a global social policy agenda

7. The (new) politics of leave policymaking

8. Leave policies in populist and illiberal regimes: the cases of Hungary and Poland

9. The role of ideas in parenting leaves: the case of gender equality and its politicization in Finland

PART III Assessing the outcomes of leave policies

10. Measuring the impacts of parenting leaves: grappling with conceptual and methodological complexities

11. How parenting leaves impact parental employment, family work, and gender norms: a literature review

12. Do leave policies impact fertility? The case of immigrants from low-fertility countries in Sweden

13. Fathers, fathering and parental leaves

PART IV Leave policies in comparative perspective

14. Gender equality and parenting leaves in Finland: a different pathway towards the 'Nordic' leave policy model

15. Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies within continental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences

16. Trends towards de-gendering leave use in Spain and Portugal

17. Generous but unequal: the contradictions of parenting leaves in the Baltic States.

18. Legacies of an Antipodean model? Parenting leave policy trajectories in Australia and New Zealand

19. Disparities in access to paid leave in the US: differences between parenting and other types of leaves

20. Parenting leave policies in East Asia: developmentalist policy approach and varieties of familialism

21. Leave policy across Latin America: a story of expansion, plateauing and the need for unconventional instruments

22. Colonialism and paid maternity leave policies in sub-Saharan Africa

PART V Gaps and the future of leave policy research and development

23. Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

24. The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies

25. Employer-provided leaves: paths to more time and money for working parents

26. Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others over the life course

27. Leave policy in the time of pandemic: new developments and lessons learned

28. Leave policy design and inequalities: reconfiguring leave as a social right?

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Dobrotić, Ivana Research Handbook on Leave Policy

ISBN:

1-80037-221-3