Work-Family Dynamics

Berit Brandth is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.Sigtona Halrynjo (PhD Sociology) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, Norway.Elin Kvande ( Dr.polit. Sociology ) is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.

• ContentsList of figures and tables Integrating work and family: Changing institutions and competing logicsElin Kvande, Berit Brandth and Sigtona HalrynjoPart 1 Current challenges of work-family dynamics – institutional differences The logics of work, care and gender change in the new economy: A view from the U.S.Kathleen Gerson Managing work-life tensions in the neo-liberal UKDiane Perrons Work and family cultures: Dynamics of family change in Southern EuropeIsabella Crespi and Almudena Moreno Mínguez Fathers integrating work and childcare: Reconciling the logics?Berit Brandth and Elin KvandePart 2 Gendered logics and strategies of work and parenting When work meets childcare: The competing logics of mothering and gender equalityKristine Warhuus Smeby Making sense of motherhood and fatherhood: Competing moral discourses and logics of caring and work 'choices' in the UKTina Miller Hidden rules and competing logics: Working fathers within organizations in GermanyMechtild Oechsle and Sandra Beaufaÿs Part 3 Competing logics intensified: Careers and elite professions Long hours and the work devotion schema: The case of executive men in the United StatesMary Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams Nordic work-family regulations exported to a liberal context Gunnhild Foss Heggem and Elin Kvande Pregnancy as a career killerHege Børve Exploring the career logic within the Nordic work-family modelSigtona HalrynjoList of contributors

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