Gender, Family and Policy

Gender, Family and Policy

International Perspectives

Sung, Sirin

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

02/2025

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9781802205541

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Contents
1 Introduction: Gender, Family and Policy: International Perspectives 1
Sirin Sung
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON WOMEN AND THE FAMILY
2 The gendered work-family interface and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US 21
Maura J. Mills, Aditi Rabindra Sachdev and Lisa E. Baranik
3 Gender, family, and policy in the Netherlands: reconciling work and care for children in the 21st century 41
Mara A. Yerkes and Bram Peper
4 Gender, family policies and the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland 59
Merita Mesiaeislehto, Milla Salin and Mia Hakovirta
WORK-FAMILY BALANCE POLICIES: THE IMPACT ON GENDER EQUALITY
5 Balancing work and family in policy and practice: coping strategies for Korean working mothers in dual-earner families 77
Sirin Sung
6 The gendered division of domestic labour in China: meanings, policies and practices 96
Yi Zhang
7 Japanese mothers' employment over the past three decades: interaction between work-family policies and labour market duality 111
Junko Nishimura
CHILDCARE, MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD: POLICY IMPLICATIONS
8 Reworking the Wagga Rug: how Australian retail workers make patchworks of care 131
Megan Blaxland and Natasha Cortis
9 Can work, can't work, won't work: how lone mothers in Northern Ireland justify their employment decisions 153
Madeleine Leonard and Grace Kelly
10 Gendered care of Australian Chinese disabled children and young people 172
Qian Fang, Karen R. Fisher and Xiaoran Wang
11 Towards socialising childcare in South Korea: the historical legacy of marketised childcare provision 190
Sung-Hee Lee
12 Is it a matter of economy? Why fathers in Sweden do not use parental leave 1994-2017 209
Ann-Zofie Duvander and Susanne Fahlen
13 US fathers' perceptions of parental leave: work interruptions and attitudes toward leave policies 239
Gayle Kaufman and Amanda R. Martinez
14 Conclusion: towards gender-egalitarian family policies 256
Sirin Sung
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Gender equality; Family Policy; Work-family Balance; Motherhood; Fatherhood; the Impact of Covid-19