Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality

Abstract

Chapter 1: Fathers on Leave Alone: Setting the Scene: Margaret O’Brien and Karin Wall -- Chapter 2: The Ethics of Care and the Radical Potential of Fathers ‘Home Alone on Leave’: Care as Practice, Relational Ontology, and Social Justice: Andrea Doucet -- Chapter 3: Fathers on Leave Alone in Norway: Changes and Continuities: Elin Kvande and Berit Brandth -- Chapter 4: Fathers on Leave Alone in Portugal: Lived experiences and Impact of Forerunner Fathers: Karin Wall and Mafalda Leitao -- Chapter 5: Fathers on Leave Alone in Quebec (Canada): the Case of Innovative, Subversive and Activist Fathers !: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Nadia Lazzari Dodeler -- Chapter 6: Fathers on Leave Alone in Finland: Negotiations and Lived Experiences: Johanna Lammi-Taskula -- Chapter 7: Fathers on Leave Alone in Spain: ‘Hey, I want to be able to do it like that, too’: Gerardo Meil, Pedro Romero-Balsas and Jesus Rogero-Garcia -- Chapter 8: Fathers on Leave Alone in Sweden: Toward more Equal Parenthood?: Ann-Zofie Duvander, Linda Haas and Sara Thalberg -- Chapter 9: Fathers on Leave Alone in Iceland: Normal Paternal Behaviour?: Ingolfur V. Gislason -- Chapter 10: Fathers on Leave Alone in the UK - a Gift Exchange between Mother and Father?: Margaret O’Brien and Katherine Twamley -- Chapter 11: Fathers on Leave Alone in France: Does part time parental leave for men move towards an egalitarian model ?: Danielle Boyer -- Chapter 12: Fathers on Leave Alone in Switzerland: Agents of Social Change?: Isabel Valarino -- Chapter 13: Fathers on Leave Alone in Japan: Lived Experiences of the Pioneers: Hideki Nakazato -- Chapter 14: Discussion and Conclusions: Karin Wall and Margaret O’Brien.