Continuity and consensus: Governing families in Denmark
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Continuity and consensus : Governing families in Denmark. / Abrahamson, Peter.
In: Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2010, p. 399-409.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuity and consensus
T2 - Governing families in Denmark
AU - Abrahamson, Peter
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In Danish family policy, changes initiated by the present conservative-liberal government differ little from those proposed by the opposition. Recent changes are minor, but significant ones occurred in the 1960s, when childcare was universalized, and in the 1980s, when parental leave substituted maternal leave. These changes can be explained as adjustments to post-industrial conditions within a political culture relying on class compromises and a broad consensus informed by expert advice coming from civil servants and ad hoc policy commissions. The paper concludes that changes in Danish family policy reflect changing conditions for employment and the minding of children and that there has been a high degree of continuity and consensus about the change, as indicated by the strong increase in female labour market involvement.
AB - In Danish family policy, changes initiated by the present conservative-liberal government differ little from those proposed by the opposition. Recent changes are minor, but significant ones occurred in the 1960s, when childcare was universalized, and in the 1980s, when parental leave substituted maternal leave. These changes can be explained as adjustments to post-industrial conditions within a political culture relying on class compromises and a broad consensus informed by expert advice coming from civil servants and ad hoc policy commissions. The paper concludes that changes in Danish family policy reflect changing conditions for employment and the minding of children and that there has been a high degree of continuity and consensus about the change, as indicated by the strong increase in female labour market involvement.
U2 - 10.1177/0958928710380479
DO - 10.1177/0958928710380479
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 399
EP - 409
JO - Journal of European Social Policy
JF - Journal of European Social Policy
SN - 0958-9287
IS - 5
ER -
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