Work-family balance, gender and policy
Looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages - childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care - across EU15 Member States, with comparative reference to the US. This work also provides an examination of developments in the UK
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Cheltenham, UK :
Edward Elgar ,
c2009
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The policymaking context : behaviour and attitudes
- 3. Work-family balance policies : comparisons and issues
- 4. Patterns of development in work-family balance policies for parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK during the 2000s
- 5. Policy development in the UK, 1997-2007
- 6. Concluding reflections on gender equality and work-family balance policies