Gender equality has been one of the defining projects of European welfare states. It has proven an elusive goal, not just because of political opposition but al

This book focuses on developments in the welfare states of the ten Central and Eastern European EU member states in the transformation process some 20 years aft

This refreshing volume introduces a theory for explaining cross-national differences in the social practice of women (and men) in the areas of family and employ

This important sequel to Nordic Social Policy (Routledge 1999) compares welfare state development over the last twenty years in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Swe

This timely and accessible textbook analyses the male breadwinner model in terms of care, work, time, income and power, providing a framework which asks about p