European Families Facing Hard Times

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Challenges, Strategies, and Family Policies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Vida Česnuitytė, Gerardo A. Meil Landwerlin, Jesús Rogero-García, Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė, Vida Česnuityte, &, Gerardo A Meil Landwerlin, Budginaite-Ma&

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This book contains two Open Access chapters.Families in Europe have faced many challenges in the early years of the 21st Century that have disrupted everything from care services to education. From the frequent periods of lockdown in face of the Covid-19 pandemic to the devastation wrought by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many families have been left with nothing but uncertainty.In this edited collection of carefully curated chapters from researchers across Europe, the authors create a comprehensive and engaged look at the strategies employed to overcome unprecedented hardships for European families. Split across 3 parts, the chapters discuss topics such as problems of childcare, work-life balance, parenting while living in economic hardship, parenting children with special needs, paternity leave, care and assistance policies, and more. The chapters include a strong focus not only on innovative policy measures for mitigating these challenges, but of the methods developed by families themselves to cope with the pressures of contemporary life.With meticulous research and a rich exploration of current European family life, European Families Facing Hard Times is a unique volume for those wanting to further their understanding of modern-day family policies and social care.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-06
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor392
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781836088950

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IntroductionChapter 1. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches on Families Facing Hard Times in European Context; Vida Česnuitytė, Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė, Gerardo A. Meil Landwerlin, and Jesús Rogero-GarcíaPart I. ChallengesChapter 2. Families, Generations and Care Facing Covid-19 in Italy; Isabella Crespi and Marta ScoccoChapter 3. The Dynamics of Homeschooling during the Pandemic According to Family Configurations; Jacques-Antoine Gauthier and Jean-Marie Le GoffChapter 4. Mission Impossible: Care, Teleworking and Work-Life Balance in Pandemic Times; Vicente Díaz Gandasegui, Begoña Elizalde San Miguel, and María Teresa Sanz GarcíaChapter 5. Ukrainian Families Navigating Displacement and Uncertainty in Lithuania and Portugal; Iryna Huliuk and Irma Budginaitė-MačkinėPart II. StrategiesChapter 6. Into the Unknown? Longitudinal Evidence on Single Mothers’ Coping with Worries during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Austria; Vera Dafert, Sabine Erben-Harter, and Ulrike ZartlerChapter 7. Parenting Ideals among Finnish Mothers Living in Economic Hardship; Mia Tammelin, Katja Repo, and Katri Otonkorpi-LehtorantaChapter 8. The Struggle for Recognition: Doing Parenthood with Neurodivergent Children; Cecilie K. Moesby-Jensen and Lene S. K. SchmidtChapter 9. Access to Early Childcare and Education in Contemporary Europe: Who is Being Left Out?; Irina Fernández Lozano and Cristina Castellanos-SerranoChapter 10. Handling Present and Future Uncertainty: Ukrainian Transnational Families in Sweden and Romania Strategizing Their Lives in Protracted Displacement; Oksana Shmulyar Gréen and Svitlana Odynets OPEN ACCESSPart III. Family PoliciesChapter 11. Tracing Gaps in Inclusiveness of European Parenting Leave Policies; Dimitrina Ivanova and Anna KurowskaChapter 12. Work-Life Balance Measures for Fathers as an Instrument to Foster Gender Equality in Family Work: The Experience of Spain; Gerardo A. Meil Landwerlin and Jesús Rogero-García OPEN ACCESSChapter 13. Support for Single Mothers in Different Welfare States: Lithuanian Single Mothers in Germany, Norway and the UK; Greta SkubiejūtėChapter 14. Italian Families and Work-Life Balance: Post-Emergency Regulatory Frameworks and New Workplace Organization; Luca Pesenti and Sara MazzucchelliConclusionChapter 15. Critical Insights on Lives of Families Facing Hard Times in Europe; Jesús Rogero-García, Gerardo A. Meil Landwerlin, Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė, and Vida Česnuitytė