Making Men into Fathers
Making Men into Fathers
Prominent scholars in gender studies and the critical studies of men consider herein how varied institutional settings and policy influence the development of new models of fatherhood, and determine choices. The authors provide new insights from different historical and societal perspectives into the studies of men as gendered subjects, including the role of transnational and global issues on the practices of fatherhood, and the emergence of men's movements in contesting and reimaging fatherhood.
- An anthology on the social politics of fatherhood that looks across time and space with comparative and historical perspectives
- The book has interesting material on fatherhood movements, and interviews with key actors in men's movements
- The book contains a chapter with unique data on men's patterns of partnering and remarriage in three geographical and cultural areas
Reviews & endorsements
"[T]his is an excellent anthology...This book will be essential reading for scholars of the welfare state and social policy. However, it will also be extremely valuable in graduate courses on social policy, family, and gender." American Journal of Sociology
"This volume is a valuable complement to the expanding body of fatherhood scholarship." Journal of Marriage and Family
Product details
January 2002Hardback
9780521809276
340 pages
229 × 152 × 21 mm
0.65kg
11 b/w illus. 7 tables
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Introduction: making men into fathers Barbara Hobson and David Morgan
- Part I. Who Fathers?:
- 1. Coresidential paternal roles in industrialized countries: Sweden, Hungary and the United States Livia Sz. Oláh, Eva M. Bernhardt and Frances K. Goldscheider
- Part II. Men in Social Policy and the Logics of Cash and Care:
- 2. Citizens, workers or fathers? Men in the history of US social policy Ann SholaOrloff and Renee Monson
- 3. Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state Helena Bergman and Barbara Hobson
- 4. The problem of fathers: policy and behaviour in Britain Jane Lewis
- 5. A new role for fathers? The German case Ilona Ostner
- 6. Transformations of fatherhood: the Netherlands Trudie Knijn and Peter Selten
- Part III. Resisting and Reclaiming Fatherhood:
- 7. Making sense of fatherhood: the non-payment of child support in Spain Ingegerd Municio-Larsson and Carmen Pujol Algans
- 8. The Fatherhood Responsibility Movement: the centrality of marriage, work and male sexuality in reconstructions of masculinity and fatherhood Anne Gavanas
- Part IV. Theorizing Men, Masculinities and Fatherhood:
- 9. Men, fathers and the state: national and global relations Jeff Hearn
- 10. Epilogue David Morgan
- Notes
- References
- Index.
