In this volume, the author explores the complex dynamics and patterns of family life, build on a range of material from Canada, the US, and the UK. Some of the topics include same-sex marriage and parenting, finances and child-birth, and the ‘immigrant family’.
This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by lower fertility rates, lower marriage rates, increased cohabitation, higher risks of relationship breakdown and episodes of lone parenthood. These changes have also been linked to an increase in the proportion of mothers participating in the labor market. .The contributors to this book trace these social trends over the last twenty years and analyze how social policy has developed and evolved in response. They argue that while the Nordic countries pioneered efforts to recognize new family forms and reconcile work and family life, there is still considerable variation between them as well as some evidence that the non-Nordic countries are catching up.
Onderzoek naar de rol die de overheid speelt bij het maken van keuzes - bijv. op het gebied van opleiding, betaalde arbeid, relaties en ouderschap - in het leven van jong-volwassenen.