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Zusatztext Review from other book by this author 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. Informationen zum Autor Franz-Xaver Kaufmann is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bielefeld.Anton Kuijsten (now deceased) was Professor of Demography at the University of Amsterdam.Hans-Joachim Schulze is Professor of Family and Education at the Free University of Amsterdam.Klaus Peter Strohmeier is Professor of Sociology, Urban, and Regional Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Klappentext Volume 2 of Family Life and Family Policies in Europe is a comparative study of family change in Europe and its dependency on social policy regimes. The authors explore family discourse! family law! single parents! gender relations! the 'new fathers'! divorce! and abortion within the framework of national policies vis-a-vis the family.This volume! in conjunction with Volume 1 (which presents a standardized framework for analysing family development and policies across ten European countries)! makes a significant contribution to research in the field of comparative interdisciplinary family science. Together they aim at a better understanding of issues relevant to the European agenda for social policies towards the family. Zusammenfassung This is a comparative study of family change in Europe and its dependency on social policy regimes. The authors explore family discourse, family law, single parents, gender relations, the 'new fathers', divorce, and abortion within the framework of national policies vis-à-vis the family.
