How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contemporary Western Europe. This book highlights the politicising o

The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides bo

Since 1997, child welfare services have been faced with new demands to engage fathers or develop father-inclusive services. This book emerges from work by the a

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