Construction(s) of Swedish Family Policy, 1930-2000
Författare
Summary, in English
Family politics has been important in the development of the Swedish ‘women-friendly’ and weak breadwinner welfare state. This article analyses the development of Swedish family politics during the last century by taking as its point of departure the amalgamation of political ambitions, social reforms, and ideas put forward by experts in government commissions. Results suggest that the social sciences played an important role in the making and shaping of Swedish family policy, i.e., that they functioned as ‘bridge discourses’ mediating between the welfare state and social movements that challenged established boundaries between the private and the public sphere.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
216-236
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Family History
Volym
33
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Gender Studies
Nyckelord
- family
- social sciences
- governmental commissions
- social- and family policy
- Welfare state
Status
Published
Projekt
- Den moderna familjen och individualiseringsprocessen. Konstruktion och förändring av det svenska familjebegreppet, 1930-2000
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1552-5473