Family Life and Family Policies in Europe

Franz-Xaver Kaufmann is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bielefeld.Anton Kuijsten (now deceased) was Professor of Demography at the University of Amsterdam.Hans-Joachim Schulze is Professor of Family and Education at the Free University of Amsterdam.Klaus Peter Strohmeier is Professor of Sociology, Urban, and Regional Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

• 1. Comparing Family Life in the Frame of National Policies: An Introduction ; 2. Variation and Change in the Forms of Private Life in the 1980s ; 3. What Happened to the European Family in the 1980s? The Polarization between the Family and other Forms of Private Life ; 4. Trends in the Development of Family Law in Europe - Comparative Perspectives ; 5. Divorce in Europe - A Cohort Approach ; 6. Lone-Parenthood and Social Policies for Lone Parents in Families in Europe ; 7. Induced Abortion and Family Formation in Europe ; 8. Paths towards Modernization of Gender Relations, Policies, and Family Building ; 9. The New Fathers: What Does it Mean for Children, Marriage, and for Family Policy ; 10. Family Policy - How Does it Work? ; 11. Which Models of the Family are Encouraged or Discouraged by Different Family Policies? ; 12. Politics and Policies towards the Family in Europe: A Framework and an Inquiry into their Differences and Convergences

Review from other book by this author Provides new country-specific information and tools for specific thematic comparisons and, by using a wide interdisciplinary approach, gives new insights into modern family structures.