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      Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals

      Work–Family Dynamics

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      Work–Family Dynamics book

      Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
      Edited ByBerit Brandth, Sigtona Halrynjo, Elin Kvande
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 24 February 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315716794
      Pages 228
      eBook ISBN 9781315716794
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences
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      Brandth, B., Halrynjo, S., & Kvande, E. (Eds.). (2017). Work–Family Dynamics: Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315716794

      ABSTRACT

      Work-life integration is an increasingly hot topic in the media, social research, governments and in people’s everyday lives. This volume offers a new type of lens for understanding work-family reconciliation by studying how work-family dynamics are shaped, squeezed and developed between consistent or competing logics in different societies in Europe and the US.

      The three institutions of "state", "family" and "working life", and their under-explored primary logics of "regulation", "morality" and "economic competitiveness" are examined theoretically as well as empirically throughout the chapters, thus contributing to an understanding of the contemporary challenges within the field of work-family research that combines structure and culture. Particular attention is given to the ways in which the institutions are confronted with various moral norms of good parenthood or motherhood and ideals for family life. Likewise, the logic of policy regulation and gendered family moralities are challenged by the economic logic of working life, based on competition in favour of the most productive workers and organizations.

      Demonstrating different aspects of what is behind and between the logics of state regulation, morals and market, this innovative volume will appeal to students, teachers and researchers interested in areas such as family studies, welfare state studies, social policy studies, work life studies as well as and gender studies.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|15 pages

      Integrating work and family

      Changing institutions and competing logics
      ByElin Kvande, Berit Brandth, Sigtona Halrynjo

      part I|69 pages

      Current challenges of work–family dynamics: institutional differences

      chapter 2|17 pages

      The logics of work, care and gender change in the new economy

      A view from the US
      ByKathleen Gerson

      chapter 3|16 pages

      Managing work–life tensions in the neo-liberal UK

      ByDiane Perrons

      chapter 4|18 pages

      Work and family cultures

      Dynamics of family change in southern Europe
      ByIsabella Crespi, Almudena Moreno Mínguez

      chapter 5|16 pages

      Fathers integrating work and childcare

      Reconciling the logics?
      ByBerit Brandth, Elin Kvande

      part II|51 pages

      Gendered logics and strategies of work and parenting

      chapter 6|16 pages

      When work meets childcare

      The competing logics of mothering and gender equality
      ByKristine Warhuus Smeby

      chapter 7|16 pages

      Making sense of motherhood and fatherhood

      Competing moral discourses and logics of caring and work ‘choices’ in the UK
      ByTina Miller

      chapter 8|17 pages

      Hidden rules and competing logics

      Working fathers within organizations in Germany
      ByMechtild Oechsle, Sandra Beaufaÿs

      part III|70 pages

      Competing logics intensified

      chapter 9|15 pages

      Long hours and the work devotion schema

      The case of executive men in the United States
      ByMary Blair-Loy, Stacy J. Williams

      chapter 10|16 pages

      Nordic work–family regulations exported to a liberal context

      ByGunhild Foss Heggem, Elin Kvande

      chapter 11|17 pages

      Pregnancy as a career killer

      ByHege Eggen Børve

      chapter 12|20 pages

      Exploring the career logic within the Nordic work–family model

      BySigtona Halrynjo
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