Mechtild Oechsle

Ursula Müller

Sabine Hess

Changes in Fatherhood How do structural changes in the welfare state, in gender relations and work affect concepts and realities of fatherhood? The authors analyse cultural images and representations of fatherhood, varieties of fatherhood in relation to social backgrounds, organisational infl uences, as well as the impact of political and legal interventions on confi gurations of fatherhood. With an interdisciplinary approach this book’s contributions investigate the sometimes contradictory relationship between cultural representations and social practices of fatherhood. They contextualise diverse fatherhoods in various social backgrounds, ethnicities, ages and different national contexts. Refl ecting methodological challenges is crucial to the volume’s approach: Which parameters are used to quantify change? Which links and interactions between cultural, individual, organizational and societal dimensions do exist regarding the development of new social confi gurations of fatherhood? How can the complex interaction between structural constraints and agency be analysed? Can certain agents of change be identifi ed? How can social change be conceptualized? This volume links to international comparative research and shows how fruitful it can be to break disciplinary boundaries.

Cultural Images, Social Practices, Structural Frames

Fatherhood in Late Modernity

Bettina Dausien

Martina Herrmann

Christiane Schmerl

Marlene Stein-Hilbers

Der Band analysiert den Stellenwert feministischer Wissenschaftsimpulse auf die Geschlechterperspektive in den Einzelwissenschaften und dokumentiert die dadurch bewirkten Wissenschaftsentwicklungen.

Feministische Perspektiven verwandeln Wissenschaft

Erkenntnisprojekt Geschlecht

Karin Wetterau

Warum ist das Geschlechterverhältnis als Basisstruktur moderner Gesellschaften bislang kaum zum Gegenstand politischer Bildung geworden? Warum ist Geschlecht keine relevante Kategorie in den didaktischen Konzepten? Dieser Band zieht eine kritische Bilanz und entwickelt fachwissenschaftliche und fachdidaktische Perspektiven für die Integration der Geschlechterthematik in die politische Bildung.

Politische Bildung und Geschlechterverhältnis

Brigitte Liebig

This book is dedicated to the role of work organizations when it comes to the realization of an active fatherhood. Firstly, it deals with barriers for active fatherhood and its correlating mechanisms of inequality: Which aspects of discrimination and social closure do fathers face today if they assert a claim for active fatherhood, and with what kind of barriers are they confronted? Secondly, capabilities of fathers are addressed: Which is their possible scope of action, who are relevant actors, what is the effect of policies and programs on change and organizational learning with respect to fatherhood?

Inequalities and Capabilities, Rationalities and Politics

Fathers in Work Organizations

Mechtild Oechsle

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