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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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| Contents |
1 The promise of shared parental leave: introduction to the study -- Part I, Decisions around parental leave. 2 Encountering barriers to the take-up of shared parental leave: 'non-sharers' ; 3 Why and how some couples decide to share leave: 'sharers' -- Part II, Experiences of the leave period. 4 Non-sharers' experiences and practices during the first year after their child is born ; 5 Leave sharers' experiences and practices during the first year after their child is born -- Part III, After the leave is over. 6 Breadwinning fathers and primary care mothers -- 7 Mothers as family managers -- 8 Parents sharing responsibilities of paid and unpaid work -- 9 Does shared parental leave live up to its promise? Concluding thoughts. |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
Caring is Sharing? explores how mixed-sex couples make decisions around parental leave and how these decisions shape their work and family care practices. Drawing on a longitudinal study of couples in England, it shows that practices of couple intimacy influence the processes through which they enact divisions of parental leave and care. |
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Family leave.
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Family leave -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Child care.
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Child care -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Twamley, Katherine Caring Is Sharing? London : UCL Press,c2024 9781800087415 |
| ISBN |
9781800087446 (electronic book) |
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1800087446 (electronic book) |
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9781800087439 (electronic book) |
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1800087438 (electronic book) |
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