How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contemporary Western Europe. This book highlights the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states - focusing on the relationship between parents and the state, and the ongoing renegotiations between the public and the private.Â

Jon Kvist, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Johan Fritzell, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Bjorn Hvinden, NOVA Norwegian Social Research, Norway and Olli Kangas, KELA Research Department, The Social Insurance Institution