Family Policies in the Context of Family Change - The Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective (English, German, Paperback, 2008 ed.)

This special issue of the Zeitschrift fur Familienforschung is based on policy reports for a comparative project that investigated the interaction between changing family forms, changing employment patterns, and family policies in the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway), The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and G- many. The project was financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Welfare Research Programme (2002-2005). Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor of Social Policy, University of York, UK, and Aksel Hatland, Research Director, NOVA, Oslo, Norway, chaired the p- ject. The project team included senior national experts and younger researchers from each country in the study. These were: National experts Peter Abrahamson: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Ulla Bjornberg: Professor of Sociology, Goteborg University, Sweden Dr. Gudny Bjork Eydal: Lecturer in Social Work and Sociology, University of Reykjavik, Iceland Katja Forssen: Professor of Social Work, University of Turku, Finland Trudie Knijn: Professor of Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Stefan Olafsson: Professor of Sociology, University of Reykjavik, Iceland Ilona Ostner: Professor of Social Policy, University of Gottingen, Germany Dr. Anne Skevik: Senior Researcher, NOVA, Oslo, Norway Veli-Matti Ritakallio: Professor of Social Policy, University of Turku, Finland Young researchers Lillemor Dahlgren: Research Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, Goteborg University, Sweden Dr. Naomi Finch: Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK Anne-Mari Jaakola: Doctoral Student, Dept.

General

Imprint:	VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Ilona Ostner • Christopher Schmitt
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	209
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-531-14564-8
Languages:	English • German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General
LSN:	3-531-14564-9
Barcode:	9783531145648

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