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This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context.
List of contents
Introduction ~ Ann Nilsen, Julia Brannen, Sue Lewis; Cross-national comparisons: the history-biography link ~ Ann Nilsen; Methodological approaches, practice and reflection ~ Julia Brannen, Ann Nilsen; Comparing transitions to motherhood across contexts ~Ann Nilsen, Maria dos Dores Guerreiro, Siyka Kovacheva, Janet Smithson; Comparing transitions to fatherhood across contexts ~Lars Plantin, Margareta Back-Wicklund, Siyka Kovacheva and Maria das Dores Guerreiro; Supports and contraints for parents: a gendered cross-national perspective ~ Janet Smithson, Suzan Lewis, Siyka Kovacheva, Laura den Dulk, Bram Peper, Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes; being a working parent in the present: case comparisons in time and place ~ Julia Brannen and Nevenka Sadar Eernigoj; Discussion and conclusions ~ Suzan Lewis, Ann Nilsen, Julia Brannen.
About the author
Ann Nilsen is professor of sociology at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Julia Brannen is professor of sociology of the family at the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education.
Suzan Lewis is professor of organizational psychology in the department of Human Resource Management at Middlesex University Business School.
Summary
This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context.
