Development of Culture, Welfare States and Women's Employment in Europe (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; International differences in women's labour force participation: theoretical approaches; Constructing a theoretical framework for the cross - national comparison: the gender arrangement approach; Designing the empirical analysis; Germany: contradictory modernization- from the housewife to the part-time carer model of the family; The Netherlands: dramatic modernization of the gender arrangement - towards an egalitarian, family - oriented arrangement; Finland: from the family economic model to the dual breadwinner model; Development paths of gender arrangement and labour market integration; Exploring the differences in the development of gender arrangements; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.