Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book examines paternal involvement in caregiving practices and asks what is currently happening to ‘involved’ fatherhood?
The book investigates fatherhood in various everyday settings, such as outdoor spaces, workplaces and the home, while considering the influence of policy frameworks across different European countries. By analysing fathers’ experiences and the impact of policy on familial roles, it provides fresh insights into the concept of ‘involvement’ and progression towards practices of more equitable fatherhood.
Encouraging new thinking on paternal engagement, this is a critical look at how fatherhood is navigated, negotiated and understood within diverse cultural and policy contexts in everyday life.
Table of Content
Editor’s Introduction: What Has Happened to Involved Fatherhood? – Tina Miller, Lars Plantin and Allan Westerling
1. “I Like to Be a Parent and a Student, Not a Student-Parent I Guess”: Young Fathers Managing the Student-Parent Boundary in the Context of Higher Education – Kerry Fletcher
2. Fathering in Public: Navigating Care in Public Spaces – Jason Preston
3. The Role of Community Dads’ Groups in the Construction of Fathering Identities – Ian Blackwell
4. ‘I Wouldn’t Want to Go There…’: Examining the Complexities for Men in Negotiating Greater Childcare Involvement at the Transition to Parenthood – Clare Stovell
5. Pushing Fatherhood Into Private Spaces: The Dual Hands of Work and Family – Martyn Bradley
6. Redefining Paternal Identity in Family Transitions: The Experience of Divorced Fathers in Social Housing Projects in Italy – Maria Letizia Bosoni and Alice Zanchettin
7. “…I’m Very Different from My Father, I Talk Much More About Emotions”: Minoritised Danish Fathers Navigating Fatherhood in Times of Intensified Parenting – Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen
8. Fatherhood in the Context of Memories of Child Sexual Abuse – Charlotte Petersson and Lars Plantin
9. How Is Fatherhood Experienced During Times of Crises? A Comparison of Fathering in Sweden and the UK Following Experiences of Forced Displacement and the COVID-19 Pandemic – Therése Wissö and Tina Miller
Afterword: Beyond Progressive?: Futures of Fatherhood Research in Europe – Allan Westerling, Lars Plantin and Tina Miller
About the author
Allan Westerling is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at Roskilde University.
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