Family Life and Family Policies in Europe - Volume 1: Structures and Trends in the 1980s

Provides new country-specific information and tools for specific thematic comparisons and, by using a wide interdisciplinary approach, gives new insights into modern family structures. - Maria Teresa Lopez Lopez. International Social Security Review. April 1998. Klappentext This book presents a standardized framework for the analysis of family development and family policies in Europe. It offers an accessible and coherent account of how harmonized--or not--the various countries are in terms of cultural and political attitudes towards the family. Zusammenfassung This book presents a standardized framework for the analysis of family development and family policies in Europe. It offers an accessible and coherent account of how harmonized--or not--the various countries are in terms of cultural and political attitudes towards the family, as well as institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Klaus Peter Strohmeier and Anton Kuijsten: Family Life and Family Policies in Europe: An Introduction 2: Lisbeth B. Knudsen: Denmark: The Land of the Vanishing Housewife 3: Béatrice Muller-Escoda and Ulla Vogt: France: The Institutionalization of Plurality 4: Gero Federkeil: The Federal Republic of Germany: Polarization of Family Structure 5: Hartmut Wendt: The Former German Democratic Republic: The Normed Family 6: Lynda Clarke and Melanie Henwood: Great Britain: The Lone Parent as the New Norm? 7: Finola Kennedy and Kevin McCormack: Ireland 8: Adele Menniti, Rossella Palomba and Linda Laura Sabbadini: Italy: Changing the Family from Within 9: Anton Kuijsten and Hans-Joachim Schulze: The Netherlands: The Latent Family 10: Tuija Meisaari-Polsa: Sweden: A Case Study of Solidarity and Equality 11: Beat Fux: Switzerland: The Family Neglected by the State 12: Anton Kuijsten and Klaus Peter Strohmeier: Ten Countries in Europe: An Overview Index

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• Authors: Franz-Xaver Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver Kuijsten Kaufmann, Kuijsten Schulze Kaufmann, Anton (Professor of Demography Kuijsten
• Assisted by: Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (Editor), Kaufmann Franz-Xaver (Editor), Anton Kuijsten (Editor), Kuijsten Anton (Editor), Hans-Joachim Schulze (Editor), Klaus Peter Strohmeier (Editor), Strohmeier Klaus Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198233275
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823327-5
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Family Life & Family Policies; Family Life & Family Policies
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Central / national / federal government policies, Public finance, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Central government policies, Public finance and taxation