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Family Policy Paradoxes
Asa Lundqvist
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Description for Family Policy Paradoxes
Hardback. Examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden since 1930. This title draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family', and the aspiration to regulate the family and install gender equality. It is suitable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender and gender equality. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
Family policy paradoxes examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden between 1930 and today. It draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family' and the aspiration to regulate the family and establish gender equality, thereby shedding light on ongoing policy processes within Europe and how these can be understood in the light of a particular political experience.
The book is valuable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender, gender equality and welfare state development in gender studies, sociology, social and public policy, social work, politics and social/contemporary history
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847424556
SKU
V9781847424556
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Asa Lundqvist
Åsa Lundqvist is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden. Her research interests include feminist analysis of the history of the welfare state and welfare policies, especially the intersectional relation between labour market regulation and social and family policies.
Reviews for Family Policy Paradoxes
"In Family Policy Paradoxes, Åsa Lundqvist offers a rich, multifaceted analysis of Sweden's grand family policy experiment, highlighting visions, drivers and actors of social democratic family policies from the 1930s into the 2000s." Arnlaug Leira, Professor of Sociology, University of Oslo "By opening up the complexities and contradictions of Swedish family policy, this book offers a thought-provoking and historically informed analysis of the significance of gender equality ideals in political struggles to regulate family life and their combined effects on gender relations in the home and the workplace." Janet Fink, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The Open University "This important book provides a unique insight in the 'path dependent' evolution of Swedish family and gender equality policy from the 1930s to 2010. The critical analysis of the tensions, paradoxes and visions in the Swedish family model raises more general questions about policy learning across Europe and about family policies as potential vehicles for prosperity and sustainable growth." Professor Birte Siim, Department of Culture and Global Studies, University of Aalborg, Denmark