Handbook of Family Policy

Edited by Guðný Björk Eydal, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland, Iceland and Tine Rostgaard, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Sweden

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1. Introduction to the Handbook of Family Policy Guðný Björk Eydal and Tine RostgaardPART II FAMILY POLICY: HISTORY, CONCEPTS, THEORY AND METHODS2. The history of family policy research Anne H. Gauthier and Judith C. Koops3. The structure/culture divide in early childhood services – and how we might bridge it Peter Moss4. Family and state obligation: the contribution to family policy studies Jane Millar5. Comparing family policies: approaches, methods and databases Henning Lohmann and Hannah Zagel6. Family policy changes across welfare and production regimes, 1990 to 2010 Ji Young Kang and Marcia K. MeyersPART III FAMILY POLICIES7. Family benefit systemsJonathan Bradshaw8. Childcare as a global policy agendaTine Rostgaard9. The social investment approach in the productivist welfare regime: the unfolding of social investment in South Korea and Japan Sophia Seung-yoon Lee and Seung-ho Baek10. Leave policies for parents in a cross-national perspective: various paths along the same course? Olivier Thévenon11. Work-family policies within the workplace Laura den Dulk, Mara A. Yerkes and Bram Peper12. Triggers and drivers of change in framing parenting support in Northwestern Europe Trudie Knijn, Claude Martin and Ilona OstnerPART IV FAMILY POLICY MODELS13. Comparing persistence and change in family policies of conservative welfare states Birgit Pfau-Effinger14. The UK and the US: liberal models despite family policy expansion? Dorian R. Woods15. Family policies in the Nordic countries: aiming at equality Guðný Björk Eydal, Tine Rostgaard and Heikki Hiilamo16. Child and family policy in Southern EuropeTeresa Jurado-Guerrero and Manuela Naldini17. Family policies and social inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe: a comparative analysis of Hungary, Poland and Romania between 2005 and2015 Cristina Raț and Dorottya Szikra18. Not all in the same family: diverging approaches to family policy in East Asia Ito Peng and Yi-Chun Chien19. Family life and family policy in South Africa: responding to past legacies, new opportunities and challenges Trudie Knijn and Leila Patel20. Work-family policies: has Latin America moved towards more gender and social equity? Merike Blofield and Juliana Martínez Franzoni21. Family policy in India: contradictions, continuities and change Rajni Palriwala and Neetha N.22. Family policy patterns in autocratic countriesDorian R. Woods and Rolf FrankenbergerPART V OUTCOMES OF FAMILY POLICIES23. Children, poverty and public policy: a cross-national perspective Janet C. Gornick and Emily Nell24. Family policies and child well-being Daniel Engster and Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta25. Effects of work-family policies on parenthood and wellbeing Caitlyn Collins and Jennifer GlassPART VI FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR POLICY MAKING AND RESEARCH26. Policies on family support and parenting support in a global perspective Mary Daly27. Neglected families: developing family-supportive policies for ‘natural’ and (hu)man-made disasters Lena Dominelli28. Women’s voices and human rights: perspectives on sustainable family lives Ulla BjörnbergIndex

'This Handbook, with contributions from leading scholars, addresses the field of family policy research in its breadth and dept: Its history, concepts, models, outcomes and future challenges. It is a treasure for all interested in an updated and globally oriented state-of-the art.'--Anne Lise Ellingsæter, University of Oslo, Norway'Moving beyond the boundaries of the Western developed world, this rich and encompassing book on policies addressing families with children in different areas of the world offers an invaluable contribution to scholars and students in the field.'--Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy