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The politics of parental leave policies: children, parenting, gender and the labour market
- Editors:
- KAMERMAN Sheila B., MOSS Peter, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 285p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book has chapters on parental leave policies covering in 15 countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Canada. It discusses how and why, and by whom, particular policies were created and developed in each country. As parental employment levels increase, parental leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the core of countries’ child and family policies. It is key to attaining important demographic, economic and social goals and is the point where many, differing policy areas such as child well-being, family, gender equality, employment and labour markets, and demography intersect. The authors conclude that parental leave policy gives an insight into the values, interests and priorities of a country.
Imagine this
- Authors:
- CAMERON Claire, MOSS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.11.05, 2005, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's recent 'Children's Workforce Strategy' consultation document shows a welcome commitment to reforming the fragmented children's workforce. This article considers how a highly trained generic worker, the pedagogue, might be introduced into a wide range of children's services, including early years, social care and schools, in order to attain the policy goals of competent
Children's services: time for a new approach
- Authors:
- MOSS Peter, PETRIE Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 145, April 1998, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Discusses how children's services are widely assumed to be unifunctional, focused on one need or one group of children, and consequently often wasteful of resources, less effective than they should be and unnecessarily flexible in remit and operation. Argues the discussion paper, 'Children's Services: Time for a New Approach' recognises these flaws in children's services and in offering...
The Children Act 1989 and early childhood services
- Authors:
- CAMERON Claire, MOSS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 17(4), 1995, pp.417-429.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Considers the implications of including general and non-welfare day care services for children under 8 years in the Children Act, a mainly welfare measure. Day care services do not benefit from becoming subject to any broad principles contained within the Act. With respect to these particular services, the Act is essentially conservative in its approach and modest in its scope. Concludes
Working and caring over the twentieth century: change and continuity in four-generation families
- Authors:
- BRANNEN Julia, MOSS Peter, MOONEY Ann
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 234p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life. In the context of changes in the world of work, increased divorce and a declining welfare state, multi-generation or 'beanpole families' are a potential resource for family support. Focusing on four-generation families and the two central careers of the life course - employment and care -the book explores this question. Based upon new research that employed biographical methods, it maps in detail from 1910 to the late 1990s the lives of men and women as great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. The book provides unique insights into processes of change and continuity in family lives and the ways in which different generations of men and women make sense of their lives.
Listening to young children: the Mosaic approach
- Authors:
- CLARK Alison, MOSS Peter
- Publishers:
- National Children's Bureau, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the Mosaic approach, a technique for carrying out consultation with young children, using children's own photographs, tours and maps to explore their environment. Gives case studies of the approach in action, with the views of children, parents and practitioners, and draws conclusions for future practice.
The polarisation and intensification of parental employment in Britain: consequences for children, families and the community
- Authors:
- BRANNEN Julia, MOSS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 1(3), December 1999, pp.229-247.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
On the basis of an analysis of UK parental employment between 1984 and 1994, using data from the Labour Force Survey, the authors identify three important trends and considers some possible consequences of these for children, families and communities, including the polarisation of childrens childhoods, family incomes and neighbourhoods, the increasing workload on individual parents and families
Men as workers in services for young children: issues of a mixed gender workforce; proceedings of a seminar held at Henley on Thames, 29-31 May 1997
- Editors:
- OWEN Charlie, CAMERON Claire, MOSS Peter
- Publisher:
- University of London. Institute of Education. Thomas Coram Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 258p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of an international seminar which examined in detail all aspects of men working in services for young children. Looks at the potential benefits of men in childcare, both to the children and to society in general; at the dangers men might pose and how these can be eliminated; at the impact of men entering a predominantly female occupation for the women who work there; and at initiatives
Children's services: time for a new approach; a discussion paper
- Authors:
- MOSS Peter, PETRIE Pat
- Publisher:
- University of London. Institute of Education. Thomas Coram Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short paper presenting a new approach to children's services based on: a coherent and holistic policy towards childhood and children, a recognised place for children in society as well as in the family, and respect for children and the promotion of their rights.
Playing to win
- Authors:
- PENN Helen, MOSS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.96, 1996, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that it is imperative that we work towards an integrated children's day care service if we are to meet the educational, physical and emotional needs of all children.