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Original Articles

Setting time aside for the father: Father's leave in Scandinavia

Pages 343-364 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010
 

Abstract

This paper looks at the perspectives of a particular 'stakeholder' in the care/work sharing construction, namely the father, and how his rights to leave are secured in paternity and parental leave legislation in Scandinavia. The paper claims that the ideology and social constructions of the role of the mother and father differ in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Fatherhood and the modern father are important in Sweden, whereas the emphasis is on parenthood in Denmark, and motherhood is a central feature of Norwegian leave policies. Éste articulo considera las perspectivas de un interesado en la construcción social de cuidar/trabajar--concretamente el padre--y como sus derechos de permiso laboral están asegurados en la legislación sobre la paternidad y la baja por paternidad en los países escandinavos. El articulo afirma que la ideologé a y las construcciones sociales del papel de la madre el del padre son diferentes en Noruega, Suecia, y Dinamarca. Paternidad y el padre moderno son importantes en Suecia, mientras se enfatiza paternidad (ambas partes) en Dinamarca, y maternidad es una característica clave de la política de permiso en Noruega.

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