Abstract
AbstractMany comparative studies about family polices have found that the Nordic social-democratic countries have developed the most effective, generous family support policies in the world. The chapter asks why most other welfare states in the advanced industrial countries do not have such generous family policy. It argues that we can better understand cross-national differences in the development of family policies if we pay attention to politics and cultural ideas that limit the space for family political innovation. On the basis of a case study on the evolution of work-family policies in the United States since the Great Depression, which is characterized by a low level of generosity in work-family policies, the chapter illustrates the utility of such an approach. The author concludes that an approach that aims to explain cross-national differences in family policies with politics and ideas helps us understand the specific development in the United States.
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