Making Men into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511489440

Fatherhood is on the political agenda in many countries, often cast in terms of crisis. One side of the policy debate focuses on fathers as deadbeat dads who do not provide financial support and care for their children. The other revolves around making men into active and engaged fathers. However, these policies are often at odds with the employers' reluctance to accommodate work schedules to fathers' needs. In Making Men into Fathers, prominent scholars in gender studies and the critical studies of men consider how varied institutional settings and policy logics around cash and care contour the possibilities and constraints for new models of fatherhood, determining the choices open to men. From different historical and societal perspectives, the authors provide insights into the studies of men as gendered subjects, including the role of transnational and global issues of fatherhood, and the emergence of men's movements, contesting and reimaging fatherhood.

‘It does … make an important contribution and will be a continuing asset. The paperback edition also has a wonderful cover picture. This is a photograph from a Swedish campaign promoting the new father in the 1970s. It shows a well-known weightlifter holding a baby. The weightlifter is smiling hesitantly, as if he had just discovered a new pleasure but was not sure if it was allowed. The baby is looking quite sceptical. Perhaps they are both right.’

Source: International Sociology

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of figures
pp vii-vii
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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List of tables
pp viii-viii
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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Preface
pp ix-x
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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Introduction: making men into fathers
pp 1-22
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies, David Morgan
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Part 1 - Who fathers?
pp 23-24
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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1 - Coresidential paternal roles in industrialized countries: Sweden, Hungary and the United States
pp 25-58
- By Livia SZ. Oláh, Eva M. Bernhardt, Frances K. Goldscheider
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Part 2 - Men in social policy and the logics of cash and care
pp 59-60
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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2 - Citizens, workers or fathers? Men in the history of US social policy
pp 61-91
- By Ann Shola Orloff, Renee A. Monson
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3 - Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state
pp 92-124
- By Helena Bergman, Barbara Hobson
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4 - The problem of fathers: policy and behavior in Britain
pp 125-149
- By Jane Lewis
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5 - A new role for fathers? The German case
pp 150-167
- By Ilona Ostner
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6 - Transformations of fatherhood: the Netherlands
pp 168-188
- By Trudie Knijn, Peter Selten
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Part 3 - Resisting and reclaiming fatherhood
pp 189-190
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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7 - Making sense of fatherhood: the non-payment of child support in Spain
pp 191-212
- By Ingegerd Municio-larsson, Carmen Pujol Algans
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8 - The Fatherhood Responsibility Movement: the centrality of marriage, work and male sexuality in reconstructions of masculinity and fatherhood
pp 213-242
- By Anna Gavanas
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Part 4 - Theorizing men, masculinities and fatherhood
pp 243-244
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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9 - Men, fathers and the state: national and global relations
pp 245-272
- By Jeff Hearn
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10 - Epilogue
pp 273-286
- By David Morgan
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Notes
pp 287-294
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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References
pp 295-322
- By Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology Stockholm University; Chair in Sociology and Gender Studies Stockholm University; Director Advanced Research School in Comparative Gender Studies
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Index
pp 323-328
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures
pp vii-vii

List of tables
pp viii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction: making men into fathers
pp 1-22

Part 1 - Who fathers?
pp 23-24

1 - Coresidential paternal roles in industrialized countries: Sweden, Hungary and the United States
pp 25-58

Part 2 - Men in social policy and the logics of cash and care
pp 59-60

2 - Citizens, workers or fathers? Men in the history of US social policy
pp 61-91

3 - Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state
pp 92-124

4 - The problem of fathers: policy and behavior in Britain
pp 125-149

5 - A new role for fathers? The German case
pp 150-167

6 - Transformations of fatherhood: the Netherlands
pp 168-188

Part 3 - Resisting and reclaiming fatherhood
pp 189-190

7 - Making sense of fatherhood: the non-payment of child support in Spain
pp 191-212

8 - The Fatherhood Responsibility Movement: the centrality of marriage, work and male sexuality in reconstructions of masculinity and fatherhood
pp 213-242

Part 4 - Theorizing men, masculinities and fatherhood
pp 243-244

9 - Men, fathers and the state: national and global relations
pp 245-272

10 - Epilogue
pp 273-286

Notes
pp 287-294

References
pp 295-322

Index
pp 323-328

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