The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy over the Life Course

Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Family Change, Family Life Courses, and Family Policy • Mary Daly, Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Neil Gilbert, and Douglas J. Besharov
Part I: Social Context and Conceptual/Theoretical Issues
	Section 1: The Changing Context of Family Relations
		Introduction to Section on the Changing Context of Family Relations • Neil Gilbert
		1. Change and Variety in Family Forms: Patterns in World History • Peter N. Stearns
		2. Family Change in the Context of Social Changes in Asia • Stuart Gietel-Basten
		3. Changing Families in Europe: Convergence or Divergence? • Manuela Naldini
		4. Family Change in the Context of Social Changes in the United States • Nicholas H. Wolfinger
		5. Family Policies in Long-Term Perspective • Thomas Bahle
	Section 2: Theoretical Issues
		Introduction to Section on Theoretical Issues • Birgit Pfau-Effinger
		6. Theorizing the Relationship between Family, Gender, and the Welfare State • Mary Daly
		7. Theorizing the Relationship between the Welfare State and the Life Course • Martin Kohli
		8. Intersectionality and Family Policy: The Transnational Political Economy of Care • Fiona Williams
		9. Understanding Family Policy Transformation in the Light of Critical Political Economy • Emanuele Ferragina
		10. Theorizing the Role of Culture and Family Policy for Women’s Employment Behavior • Birgit Pfau-Effinger
	Section 3: The Role of Ideas and Politics in the Development of Family Policy
		Introduction to Section on the Role of Politics and Ideas in the Development of Family Policies • Birgit Pfau-Effinger
		11. The Politics of Work-Family Policies • Patricia Boling
		12. The Politics of Ideas in Family Policy: Parties, Electoral Competition, and Shifting Norms • Timo Fleckenstein and Samuel Mohun Himmelweit
		13. The Role of Religion for the Development of Work-Family Policies: The Example of Confucianism • Ito Peng and Alex Payette
		14. The Role of the “Social Investment” Concept for the Development of Family Policy • Chiara Saraceno
		15. Public Attitudes toward Responsibility for Childcare in Welfare Regimes • Jing Guo and Neil Gilbert
Part II: The Life Course and Family Policy
	Section 4: Before/Instead of Marriage: Cohabitation
		Introduction to section on Before/Instead of Marriage: Cohabitation • Douglas M. Call and Douglas J. Besharov
		16. Global Trends in Cohabitation • Nora Sánchez Gassen
		17. Cohabitation through the Life Course • Elizabeth Thomson
		18. The Various Roles of Cohabitation in the United States • Sharon Sassler and Alexandra Cooperstock
		19. Increasing Cohabitation and Decreasing Marriage: Explanations • Nora Sánchez Gassen
		20. The Comparative Stability of Cohabitation versus Marriage • Laurie DeRose
		21. The Legal Framework of Cohabitation: Toward Greater Recognition • Margaret Ryznar and Anna Stępień
		22. Treat All Families Equally? Why Policies Should Adapt to Evolving Patterns of Cohabitation • Antonela Miho and Olivier Thévenon
	Section 5: Family Policies and Starting a Family
		Introduction to Section on Family Policies and Starting a Family • Neil Gilbert
		23. Social Investments in Early Childhood • Phyllis Jeroslow
		24. Childcare Policies and Fertility Considerations • Anna Cristina d’Addio
		25. Framing Reproductive Policy: IVF and the Religious Factor • Ronald M. Green
		26. Same-Sex Unions and Childrearing • Sean Cahill
		27. Raising Children in Stepfamilies: Policy Issues • J. Bart Stykes
		28. Cross-Border Marriages and Marriage Migration • Hélène Le Bail
		29. Educating Parents: Critical Policy Issues • Claude Martin
	Section 6: Childcare-Related Policies: The Preschool Years
		Introduction to Section on Childcare-Related Policies: The Preschool Years • Mary Daly
		30. Diversity of Childcare Policies in Nordic Welfare States • Ann-Zofie Duvander and Anita Nyberg
		31. Parenting Leave Policies and Their Variations: Policy Developments in OECD Countries • Ivana Dobrotić
		32. Explaining Variations in Family Policy through a Gender Lens • Mary Daly and Emanuele Ferragina
		33. Social Policies for Lone Mothers in Europe: A Life-Course Perspective • Hannah Zagel
		34. Childcare by Fathers in the Context of Active Father-Oriented Policies • Guðný Björk Eydal and Tine Rostgaard
		35. The Matthew Effect in Early Childhood Education and Care: How Family Policies May Amplify Inequalities • Wim Van Lancker
	Section 7: Family Disruptions
		Introduction to Section on Family Disruptions • Neil Gilbert
		36. Transition to Adulthood and the Emancipation Process • Antonio López Peláez and Amaya Erro-Garcés
		37. Public Policy toward the Removal of Children from the Family • Jill Duerr Berrick
		38. Principles of Public Policy for Child Protection: Cross-National Perspectives • Marit Skivenes
		39. Varieties of Public Policy toward Domestic Violence • Emily Sack
		40. Economic Resources after Divorce: Family Income and Housing in the Wake of Israel’s Neoliberal Welfare Reforms • Anat Herbst-Debby, Amit Kaplan, and Miri Endeweld
		41. Post-separation Parenting Policies: Social and Legal Issues around Parental Responsibility after Divorce and Separation • Kirsten Scheiwe
	Section 8: Intergenerational Support
		Introduction to Section on Intergenerational Support • Mary Daly, and Birgit Pfau- Effinger
		42. Family and State Responsibility for Care for Older People • Marco Arlotti, Emmanuele Pavolini, and Costanzo Ranci
		43. Unpacking the “Eldercare Regime”: The Many Faces of Long-Term Care within and across Societies • Lorraine Frisina Doetter, Johanna Fischer, and Heinz Rothgang
		44. The Growth and Consequences of Quasi-markets in Long-Term Care • David Palomera and Margarita Léon
		45. Childcare by Grandparents in the Context of Welfare State Policies • Valeria Bordone, Karsten Hank, Cecilia Tomassini, and Bruno Arpino
		46. Policies for Active Aging and Their Family-Related Assumptions and Consequences • Myra Hamilton, Virpi Timonen, Lyn Craig, and Elizabeth Adamson
		47. Intergenerational Resource Transfers in the Context of Welfare States • Pieter Vanhuysse and Róbert Iván Gál
		48. Welfare State Policies toward Financial Solidarity between Generations • Patricia Frericks
Index