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    An International Comparative Perspective

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality

    Fathers on Leave Alone

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    Series Book 6 - Life Course Research and Social Policies
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the literature ... Read more

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