This book presents a comparative analysis of the dilemmas faced by working parents with young children in four European countries - France, Italy, Ireland and Denmark - each of which represents a different "experience" of the evolving gender role process. It was the aim of the study to identify the key issues concerning the reconciliation of work and family roles, with particular emphasis on examining the barriers to men's greater involvement in domestic and family activities. A major purpose of the study was to develop new social indicators to measure issues of work life balance, which could be utilised in other national and cross-national studies. The book provides an overview of the latest research findings in the four countries, as well as a comparison and synthesis of the situations in these countries. It then presents the results of a survey carried out simultaneously in France, Italy, Denmark and Ireland and a comparative analysis of people's dilemmas and coping strategies in these countries.
Author(s): Margret Fine-Davis, Jeanne Fagnani, Dino Giovannini, Lis Hojgaard, Hilary Clarke
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 380
Preliminaries......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
NOTES ON THE AUTHORS......Page 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 16
LIST OF TABLES IN TEXT......Page 20
LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT......Page 28
LIST OF TABLES IN APPENDIX......Page 30
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......Page 36
CHAPTER 2: FRANCE......Page 44
CHAPTER 3: ITALY......Page 58
CHAPTER 4: DENMARK......Page 76
CHAPTER 5: IRELAND......Page 90
CHAPTER 6: A COMPARISON OF THE FOUR COUNTRIES......Page 110
CHAPTER 7: METHODOLOGY......Page 124
CHAPTER 8: CHILDREN AND FAMILY LIFE......Page 132
CHAPTER 9: THE WORKPLACE......Page 168
CHAPTER 10: COMBINING WORK AND FAMILY LIFE......Page 214
CHAPTER 11: SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION......Page 254
APPENDIX A: TABLES......Page 282
APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE......Page 326
REFERENCES......Page 356
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 376
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 380
