Print version: Eydal, Guöný Björk ; Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States. Comparing care policies and practice, FATHERHOOD IN THE NORDIC WELFARE STATES; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Aim and background; Organisation of the book; Concept of fatherhood; Growing interest in fathers; Fathers and their role and involvement in families; Theoretical and analytical perspectives; Theme 1: Fathers, families and family policies; 2. Fathering: the influence of ideational factors for male fertility behaviour; Introduction; Fertility decisions: structural, situational and cultural explanations; Data and methods, Characteristics of fatheringAttitudes towards fatherhood; Relationship between ideational factors and male fertility: regression analysis; Conclusion; 3. Nordic family law: new framework -- new fatherhoods; Introduction; Nordic family law and social change; Principles guiding family law reform; Fatherhoods in different settings; Conclusion; 4. Fathers' rights to family cash benefits in Nordic countries; Introduction; Fatherhood and family policies; Breadwinners, taxation and child benefits; Fathers' rights to paid paternity and parental leave; Fathers and child maintenance, Model families and family benefits to fathers and mothers Conclusion; Appendix: Model family calculations; Theme 2: Fathers in everyday life -- culture, work and care; 5. Time use of Finnish fathers -- do institutions matter?; Introduction; Fatherhood in the Finnish family policy context; Family policy: potential for changing time use; Data and methods; Time used for work and care; Conclusion: times are changing -- slowly; 6. Parental leave and classed fathering practices in Norway; Introduction; Classed and gendered father practices; Data and methods, The parental leave system and class variations in how fathers use leaveThe classing of care practices; Conclusion; 7. Negotiating leave in the workplace: leave practices and masculinity constructions among Danish fathers; Introduction; The Danish leave context; Theoretical perspectives: leave practices and workplace negotiations; Data and methods; Three Danish workplaces; Fathers' leave practices in the three workplaces; Fathers negotiating leave in the workplace; Work or leave: conflicting ideals in fathers' identity constructions?; Conclusion, 8. Gender regime, attitudes towards childcare and actual involvement in childcare among fathersIntroduction; Background; Data and methods; Gender policy regime shaping fathers' attitudes and involvement in family life; Conclusion; Theme 3: Constructing fatherhood in different family settings; 9. Fathering as a learning process: breaking new ground in familiar territory; Introduction; Data and methods; Social change of fathering as a challenge to motherhood ideologies; Understanding fathering as a learning process; Negotiations of competent care
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