Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia : : The limits of political ambition? / / ed. by Kari Melby, Christina Carlsson Wetterberg, Anna-Birte Ravn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Andersen, Charlotte,; Annfelt, Trine,; Borchorst, Anette,; Christensen, Ann-Dorte,; Fiig, Christina,; Lister, Ruth,; Lundqvist, Åsa,; Melby, Kari,; Mulinari, Diana,; Pringle, Keith,; Ravn, Anna-Birte,; Roman, Christine,; Siim, Birte,; Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson,
• HerausgeberIn: Carlsson Wetterberg, Christina,; Melby, Kari,; Ravn, Anna-Birte,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of tables --; Preface --; Notes on contributors --; A Nordic model of gender equality? Introduction --; Meanings of gender equality in Scandinavian welfare policy --; Woman-friendly policy paradoxes? Childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia --; The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context --; Married women’s right to pay taxes: debates on gender, economic citizenship and tax law reform in Denmark, 1945–83 --; Family policy between science and politics --; Academic discourse, social policy and the construction of new families --; Current challenges: competing discourses on gender equality --; The ‘new father’: gender equality as discursive resource for family policies --; From powerful to powerless fathers: gender equality in Danish family policies on parenthood --; Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state --; Women friendly? Understanding gendered racism in Sweden --; Young women’s attitudes towards feminism and gender equality --; A Scandinavian feminist public sphere: discourses on feminism and gender equality --; Gender, citizenship and social justice in the Nordic welfare states: a view from the outside --; Future research on gender equality in the Scandinavian countries --; Appendix --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847423412; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kari Melby, Christina Carlsson Wetterberg, Anna-Birte Ravn.

Gender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today. The book focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Beginning with the radical marriage reform carried through in all the three countries in the early decades of the 20th century, the book progresses to explore contemporary challenges to the traditional model of equality, including equal rights for fathers, multiculturalism and a critical young generation. The book focuses on differences as well as similarities between the countries and discusses the relevance of talking about a Nordic model. Stressing the importance of viewing the concept of equality in its historical context, the book critically investigates and discusses the Scandinavian 'success story' portrayed in normative political theory and presents an historical analysis of the development of gendered citizenship rights. It will be a valuable collection for researchers, lecturers and graduate students who work with historical and contemporary studies on welfare state and gender models from different disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspectives.