Family Policies Versus Gender Equality Policies? The German Case
Veil, Mechthild
Family Policies Versus Gender Equality Policies? The German Case - 2010.
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In Germany today, an adjustment modernization with regards to France and to the European Union occurred in a family policy that was conservative until then. The two reforms that characterize this change — forced extension of childcare equipments and the reform of parental allowances — are analyzed from the angle of a correlation (or not) of family policies and gendered equality on the one hand, and restructuring of the famous “conciliation” on the other hand, and finally from the angle of inspiring birthrate that is notably low among academics. The results are mixed. What is innovative is orientation of “conciliation” towards the needs of active mothers and reinforcement of men 's roles as fathers. Deficits articulate among selectivities of male-female equality strategies, focused on well-off households with two professionally active parents, which conceals social inequalities. In the end, the conflictual mix of various models — the active mother goes along with the father who supports the family — and the “normative indetermination” create a breach in the concept of male-female equality.
Family Policies Versus Gender Equality Policies? The German Case - 2010.
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In Germany today, an adjustment modernization with regards to France and to the European Union occurred in a family policy that was conservative until then. The two reforms that characterize this change — forced extension of childcare equipments and the reform of parental allowances — are analyzed from the angle of a correlation (or not) of family policies and gendered equality on the one hand, and restructuring of the famous “conciliation” on the other hand, and finally from the angle of inspiring birthrate that is notably low among academics. The results are mixed. What is innovative is orientation of “conciliation” towards the needs of active mothers and reinforcement of men 's roles as fathers. Deficits articulate among selectivities of male-female equality strategies, focused on well-off households with two professionally active parents, which conceals social inequalities. In the end, the conflictual mix of various models — the active mother goes along with the father who supports the family — and the “normative indetermination” create a breach in the concept of male-female equality.
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