Between Two Worlds of Father Politics : USA or Sweden?

The essential message of the 'two regimes' model is that the social politics of fatherhood have taken on a global significance and that the USA and Sweden represent two ends of an international continuum of ways of thinking about fatherhood. The key selling points of the two regimes model are its topicality, originality, its global appeal, and its particularised appeal to readers in the USA, the Nordic countries, Great Britain, Ireland, the European Union, Japan and China. The book offers students a comparative analytical framework and new insights into why some welfare states have 'father-friendly' social policies and others do not. The book makes an original contribution to the growing fields of welfare regime and gender studies by linking the epochal decline of patriarchal fatherhood to welfare state expansion over the course of the twentieth century and it raises new questions about the legitimacy of religiously inspired neo-patriarchy. The two worlds' model shows that the social politics of fatherhood have taken on a global significance and that the USA and Sweden represent two ends on an international continuum in ways of understanding fatherhood. Between two worlds of father politics represents America and Sweden as divergent and internationally influential 'father regimes' or us 'two worlds' of fatherhood. This book offers students a critical analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have 'father-friendly' social policies and others do not. It makes an original contribution to the growing fields of welfare regime and gender studies by linking the epochal decline of patriarchal fatherhood to welfare state expansion over the course of the twentieth century In this way the book raises increasingly relevant questions about gender equality and the declining global legitimacy of the rule of fathers over boys and girls. This book will interest readers in the fields of social policy, gender studies, sociology, family policy and child-development and especially those interested in the field of comparative social policy. As well as raising questions about the legitimacy of religiously inspired neo-patriarchy, the book offers new theories about gender equality as a driver of welfare state development. Book jacket This Work Represents The Usa And Sweden As Two Ends On An International Continuum In Ways Of Thinking About Fatherhood. The 'two Worlds' Model Locates The Decline Of Patriarchal Male-breadwinning Fatherhood As A Core Concern Of Comparative Welfare State And Gender Studies. It Offers Historical Accounts Of The Development Of 'father-friendly' Parental Leave Policies In Sweden And Child Support Enforcement Policies In The Usa. Michael Rush. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [141]-157) And Index. Text In English. Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have ‘father-friendly’ social policies and why others don’t. -- .