Men, Fathering and the Gender Trap : Sweden and Poland Compared

This book provides an account of fatherhood and changing parental roles in Sweden and Poland. It uses a comparative perspective to show what men understand a father's role to be, and how they seek to live up to it. Fathering, the author argues, is a social phenomenon grounded in cultural patter...

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Main Author Suwada, Katarzyna (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Sociology.
Area studies.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319477824
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-47782-4
Physical DescriptionXV, 315 p. 29 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Fatherhood and change: an overview
  • Chapter 2. Researching fatherhood: methodological challenges
  • Chapter 3. Fatherhood as a political issue: the case of Sweden and Poland
  • Chapter 4. 'It's my responsibility...': definitions of fatherhood
  • Chapter 5. 'I couldn't really work less": fathers facing social expectations
  • Chapter 6. 'I had no idea it is so hard': practices of fatherhood
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions: Fathers, Gender & the Welfare State.

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