Family Life and Family Policies in Europe Volume 1: Structures and Trends in the 1980s

by Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver; Kuijsten, Anton; Schulze, Hans-Joachim; Strohmeier, Klaus Peter

• ISBN13: 9780198233275
• ISBN10: 0198233272
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-30
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This book presents a standardized framework for the analysis of family development and family policies in Europe. It offers an accessible and coherent account of how harmonized--or not--the various countries are in terms of cultural and political attitudes towards the family.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi	(2)
List of Tables	xiii	(9)
List of Contributors	xxii
1. Family Life and Family Policies in Europe: an Introduction	1	(11)
Klaus Peter Strohmeier
Anton Kuijsten
1.1. Introduction	1	(2)
1.2. How the Research was Organized	3	(2)
1.3. The Ten Country Reports	5	(7)
2. Denmark: the Land of the Vanishing Housewife	12	(37)
Lisbeth B. Knudsen
2.1. Introduction	12	(12)
2.2. Family Policy in Denmark	24	(5)
2.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	29	(5)
2.4. Aspects of the Family Life Situation	34	(9)
2.5. Compatibility of Family Life and Employment	43	(2)
2.6. Summary and Conclusions	45	(4)
3. France: the Institutionalization of Plurality	49	(28)
Beatrice Muller-Escoda
Ulla Vogt
3.1. Introduction	49	(3)
3.2. Family Policy	52	(3)
3.3. Family Life in the 1980s	55	(7)
3.4. The Family Life Situation: Income and Housing	62	(6)
3.5. Compatibility of Family Obligations and Employment	68	(3)
3.6. Closing Remarks	71	(6)
4. The Federal Republic of Germany: Polarization of Family Structure	77	(37)
Gero Federkeil
4.1. Introduction	77	(7)
4.2. Family Policy in Germany	84	(7)
4.3. Family Structures in the 1980s	91	(11)
4.4. Living Conditions	102	(3)
4.5. Organization of Everyday Life	105	(3)
4.6. Conclusions	108	(6)
5. The Former German Democratic Republic: the Standardized Family	114	(41)
Hartmut Wendt
5.1. Introduction	114	(11)
5.2. Family Policy in the Former GDR	125	(4)
5.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	129	(3)
5.4. Family Living Arrangements	132	(9)
5.5. Compatibility of Family Life and Gainful Employment	141	(3)
5.6. Child Care for Employed Parents	144	(1)
5.7. Domestic Division of Labour	145	(2)
5.8. Summary and Conclusions	147	(8)
6. Great Britain: the Lone Parent as the New Norm?	155	(40)
Lynda Clarke
Melanie Henwood
6.1. Introduction	156	(9)
6.2. Family Forms in the 1980s	165	(3)
6.3. The Family Life Situation	168	(11)
6.4. Values and Attitudes	179	(4)
6.5. Policy Change in the 1980s	183	(7)
6.6. Conclusions	190	(5)
7. Ireland: Marriage Loses Popularity	195	(30)
Finola Kennedy
Kevin McCormack
7.1. Introduction	196	(5)
7.2. Policy Changes Associated with Changing Trends	201	(6)
7.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	207	(7)
7.4. The Family Life Situation	214	(5)
7.5. Values and Attitudes	219	(2)
7.6. Summary and Conclusions	221	(4)
8. Italy: Changing the Family from Within	225	(28)
Adele Menniti
Rossella Palomba
Linda Laura Sabbadini
8.1. Family, Italian-Style	225	(5)
8.2. Family Policies in Italy	230	(6)
8.3. Women, Marriage and the Family	236	(3)
8.4. Women and Household Arrangements at the Parental and Post-parental Phases	239	(6)
8.5. Organization of Everyday Life	245	(4)
8.6. A Few Notes for the Social Agenda of Italian Policy-Makers	249	(4)
9. The Netherlands: the Latent Family	253	(49)
Anton Kuijsten
Hans-Joachim Schulze
9.1. Introduction	253	(8)
9.2. Family Policy in the Netherlands	261	(7)
9.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	268	(5)
9.4. Some Aspects of the Family Life Situation	273	(11)
9.5. Compatibility of Family and Employment	284	(5)
9.6. Summary and Conclusions	289	(13)
10. Sweden: a Case of Solidarity and Equality	302	(46)
Tuija Meisaari-Polsa
10.1. Introduction	302	(5)
10.2. Family Policy in Sweden	307	(3)
10.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	316	(8)
10.4. Aspects of the Family Life Situation	324	(11)
10.5. Everyday Life of Families	335	(7)
10.6. Summary and Conclusions	342	(6)
11. Switzerland: the Family Neglected by the State	348	(46)
Beat Fux
11.1. Introduction	348	(9)
11.2. Family Policy in Switzerland	357	(8)
11.3. Family Forms in the 1980s	365	(12)
11.4. Special Aspects of the Family Life Situation	377	(7)
11.5. Everyday Life of Families	384	(2)
11.6. Evaluation of Findings	386	(8)
12. Ten Countries in Europe: an Overview	394
Anton Kuijsten
Klaus Peter Strohmeier
12.1. Demographic Trends in the 1980s	394	(17)
12.2. The Pluralization of Family Life Forms	411	(8)
12.3. The Comparative Studies	419