This book intends to explore, with an international perspective, the changing roles of men and fathers in a global context and how contemporary fathers deal with the work-life balance. It also intends to discuss the social issues (but also tensions) associated with changing male and father identities and with the existing social and policy agendas. Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers’ lives. As a result, men’s fathering roles and their struggle with work-life balance have often been neglected. This book explores how fathers fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what institutional support could be of most benefit to them in combining these roles.
Kimmel, M., Crespi, I., Ruspini, E., Rush, M., Seward, R., Doucet, A., et al. (2016). Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society. The Fathers’ Perspective (I. Crespi, E. Ruspini, a cura di). New York : Palgrave MacMillan.
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society. The Fathers’ Perspective
RUSPINI, ELISABETTA
2016
Abstract
This book intends to explore, with an international perspective, the changing roles of men and fathers in a global context and how contemporary fathers deal with the work-life balance. It also intends to discuss the social issues (but also tensions) associated with changing male and father identities and with the existing social and policy agendas. Both research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers’ lives. As a result, men’s fathering roles and their struggle with work-life balance have often been neglected. This book explores how fathers fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what institutional support could be of most benefit to them in combining these roles.
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