Linda Hantrais
Biographic Data
| ID | 272886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Hantrais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Hantrais |
| SIGNATURE | HANTRAIS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5248-7266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 171 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Higher education and research in the Brexit policy process
This article on post-Brexit policies for higher education and research suggests that these public policy domains are characterised by their intellectual independence from the state or market. The authors see a legacy of the UK's historical relationship with the EU in its treatment of the two epistemically linked domains, reflecting institutional differences. UK governments have generally been wary of EU involvement in higher education and support…
Social dimensions of evidence-based policy in a digital society
A plethora of evidence demonstrates the effects of the digitisation of society on everyday life. Developments in web science (the world wide web), online technologies (internet of things, social media, e-governance), artificial intelligence and robotics present major challenges for contemporary societies. These technological advances create risks (loss of autonomy, cybercrime, online abuse, threats to children’s safety and national security) and …
Social Perspectives on Brexit, Covid‐19 and European (Dis)Integration
The on-going trade negotiations between the UK and the EU, in combination with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, created a perfect storm for Europe in 2020. For observers of the social scene, 2020 was a year when the debates, controversies, dilemmas and compromises that had characterized the European project during the previous seven decades moved centre-stage. Latent dissension in the social arena during the Brexit negotiations and COVID-19 p…
Covid-19 and the digital revolution
Since the 1980s, the digital revolution has been both a negative and positive force. Within a few weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak, lockdown accelerated the adoption of digital solutions at an unprecedented pace, creating unforeseen opportunities for scaling up alternative approaches to social and economic life. But it also brought digital risks and threats that placed new demands on policymakers. This article assembles evidence from different area…
Family change, intergenerational relations and policy implications
Since the 1990s, international social science research has made a major contribution to the evidence base on changing family forms and household structures by collecting and processing data about family composition, dissolution and reconstitution, as well as household living, working and caring arrangements. Social scientists have exploited the available data to analyse the social, economic and financial impacts of family change on relations betw…
Making sense of the social policy impacts of Brexit
When Denmark, the Republic of Ireland and the UK joined the European Communities in 1973, their governments were required to transpose into domestic law all the treaty commitments previously negotiated by the six founding member states. A chapter on social policy in the 1957 Treaty, conceptualised as a necessary component of economic integration, was designed to prevent distortion of the rules of competition and ensure a high standard of social p…
Assessing the Past and Future Development of EU and UK Social Policy
This article examines both the place of the social dimension in past and on-going debates about the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and the reciprocal influence of EU and UK institutions on developments in the social policy field. It explores fluctuations in the relationship between economic and social policy, the divisiveness within, between and across political parties, the role of key policy actors in shaping the social agend…
Evidence-based policy: Exploring international and interdisciplinary insights
The relationship between international evidence, politics and policy is never straightforward. Politicians sometimes cite comparative findings from social science evidence collected and analysed by international organisations to support policy proposals without sufficient understanding of contextual factors. The media may exploit data from such studies to highlight national policy successes and failures. Academic literature on evidence-based poli…
Methodological pluralism in international comparative research
This article explores the costs and benefits of combining and integrating different research methods both within and across paradigms in international comparative research. It reviews the reasons for the supposed incompatibility between different epistemologies and associated methodologies. Drawing on examples from international projects, it examines the various ways in which methodological pluralism can be exploited to extend the scope of compar…
Cross-National Research Methodology and Practice
Introduction Linda Hantrais and Steen Mangen. Methodology: Contextualization in Cross-National Comparative Research Linda Hantrais. Qualitative Research Methods in Cross-National Settings Steen Mangen. In Pursuit of Quality: Issues for Cross-National Survey Research Janet Harkness. Practice: Concepts, Context and Discourse in a Comparative Case Study Emma Carmel. Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods in the Study of Internationa…
International Comparative Research
Social Policy in the European Union
Preface - The Social Dimension of the European Union - Harmonisation of Social Policies - Education and Training - The Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Family Policies - Women, Welfare and Citizenship - Policy for Older and Disabled People - Social Exclusion - Social Policy and Mobility - Assessing European Social Policy - Appendices - Bibliography - Index
Combining methods: A key to understanding complexity in European societies
Large-scale European research programmes have provided an impetus for social science researchers to co-operate more closely not only across national and cultural boundaries but also across disciplines and research paradigms. Attempts to make sense of diversity have led to a blurring of the traditional methodological divide between quantitative and qualitative paradigms, opening up new perspectives and creating opportunities for synergy and comple…
Données démographiques et structures familiales: Dans les pays de l'Europe de l'Est
es huit pays de l’ancien bloc communiste qui ont rejoint l’Union européenne en 2004 présentent des caractéristiques communes qui les différencient des pays de l’Ouest. Leur population stagne, voire décroît, du fait notamment d’une fécondité particulièrement basse, d’une mortalité relativement élevée et d’un solde migratoire nul ou négatif. L’espérance de vie des hommes et des femmes y est plus faible que dans les pays d’Europe de l’Ouest. Et si l…
Les réponses politiques aux évolutions sociodémographiques: En Estonie, en Hongrie et en pologne
Quelles réponses les politiques des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale apportent-ils aux problèmes soulevés par les évolutions démographiques et par les transformations des structures familiales ? Telle est la question à laquelle cet article tente de répondre en s’appuyant sur l’observation de la situation dans trois pays : l’Estonie, la Hongrie et la Pologne. L’analyse met en évidence les difficultés qu’éprouvent ces pays à construire des répon…
Family policy mattersResponding to family change in Europe: Responding to family change in Europe
Across Europe and beyond, changing family living arrangements have stimulated popular and academic debate about the impact of socio-demographic trends on family well-being and the challenges they present for governments. This book explores the complex relationship between family change and public policy responses in EU member states and candidate countries. After comparing the major socio-economic changes of the late twentieth century in Europe a…
Family policy matters: Responding to family change in Europe
Introduction: Themed Section on the European Union and Social Policy: National and EU Policy Interaction
When the European Economic Community was established in 1957, the six founding member states (Belgium, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands) had a shared interest, though each for their own reasons, in ensuring that provisions to promote the harmonisation of national social protection systems figured in the treaties. Progressively, and as membership of the Community expanded and diversified, the social dimension cam…
European Commission Funded Research on Family and Welfare
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Central and East European States Respond to Socio-Demographic Challenges
The political and economic upheavals of the 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe were reflected in socio-demographic changes that presented major challenges for governments. Birth rates fell steeply and social divisions intensified, while population ageing was held in check by low life expectancy. Social protection systems underwent radical reform, as attempts were made to meet criteria for EU membership. This paper examines how socio-demographic …
From Equal Pay to Reconciliation of Employment and Family Life
The 'herstory' of gendered policies in the member states of the European Union (EU) cannot be dissociated from the process of European enlargement and integration. Nor can it be fully understood without reference to the changing balance of power between and within European institutions, and the multiple pressures exerted by the many social, economic and political actors involved in the policy process at European and national level.KeywordsMember …
Gendered policies in Europe: Reconciling employment and family life
List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface From Equal Pay to Reconciliation of Employment and Family Life L.Hantrais The European Union and the Equal Opportunities Process M.Stratigaki Reconciliation Policies from a Comparative Perspective M.Lohkamp-Himmighofen & C.Dienel From Equality to Reconciliation in France? M.T.Lanquetin, J.Laufer & M.T.Letablier Equal Opportunities Policies and the Management of Care in Germany K.Scheiwe The Parado…
Cross-National Research
(1999). Cross-National Research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 91-92
Contextualization in cross-national comparative research
The aim of this contribution is to provide researchers involved in quantitative and qualitative cross-national comparative projects with a rationale and practical guidance for analysing socio-economic phenomena in relation to their institutional and socio-cultural settings. The paper tracks the shift in cross-national comparisons in the social sciences away from universalistic culture-free approaches to culture-boundedness, which has placed the t…
Socio-demographic change, policy impacts and outcomes in social Europe
The period since the establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 has been marked by important socio-demographic changes. The population of the European Union has been ageing, family size has declined, and the family unit has become less institutionalized, placing strains on intergenerational relationships. The combination of economic, political and socio-demographic change has posed threats for social protection systems, economic per…
Contextualization in cross-national comparative research
The aim of this contribution is to provide researchers involved in quantitative and qualitative cross-national comparative projects with a rationale and practical guidance for analysing socio-economic phenomena in relation to their institutional and socio-cultural settings. The paper tracks the shift in cross-national comparisons in the social sciences away from universalistic culture-free approaches to culture-boundedness, which has placed the t…
Gender Relations and Employment
Managing Professional and Family Life: A Comparative Study of British and French Women
The Gender of Time in Professional Occupations
Sociological theory has not adequately represented the complexities of women's temporality. Men and women are, however, known to engage in economic activity on different temporal terms, and the gendering of time is a factor which can be shown to contribute to labour market segmentation. An examination of the problems experienced by well-qualified women in professional occupations shows how the process of segregation operates. Although women in th…
Exploring Relationships between Social Policy and Changing Family Forms within the European Union
Comparing Family Policy in Britain, France and Germany
In a context where the employment model of welfare is dominant, family policy has remained an area of limited and indirect competence for the European Community. Comparative analysis of Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany as examples of EC member states with different socio-cultural traditions and policy styles shows the limitations of theories about universalism, convergence and harmonisation of family structures and policies. Co…
Covid-19 and the digital revolution
Since the 1980s, the digital revolution has been both a negative and positive force. Within a few weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak, lockdown accelerated the adoption of digital solutions at an unprecedented pace, creating unforeseen opportunities for scaling up alternative approaches to social and economic life. But it also brought digital risks and threats that placed new demands on policymakers. This article assembles evidence from different area…
Family change, intergenerational relations and policy implications
Since the 1990s, international social science research has made a major contribution to the evidence base on changing family forms and household structures by collecting and processing data about family composition, dissolution and reconstitution, as well as household living, working and caring arrangements. Social scientists have exploited the available data to analyse the social, economic and financial impacts of family change on relations betw…
The relationship between work time and free time and the meaning of retirement
Assessing the Past and Future Development of EU and UK Social Policy
This article examines both the place of the social dimension in past and on-going debates about the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union and the reciprocal influence of EU and UK institutions on developments in the social policy field. It explores fluctuations in the relationship between economic and social policy, the divisiveness within, between and across political parties, the role of key policy actors in shaping the social agend…
Higher education and research in the Brexit policy process
This article on post-Brexit policies for higher education and research suggests that these public policy domains are characterised by their intellectual independence from the state or market. The authors see a legacy of the UK's historical relationship with the EU in its treatment of the two epistemically linked domains, reflecting institutional differences. UK governments have generally been wary of EU involvement in higher education and support…
Socio-demographic change, policy impacts and outcomes in social Europe
The period since the establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 has been marked by important socio-demographic changes. The population of the European Union has been ageing, family size has declined, and the family unit has become less institutionalized, placing strains on intergenerational relationships. The combination of economic, political and socio-demographic change has posed threats for social protection systems, economic per…
Making It In and Making Out: Women in Professional Occupations in Britain and France
The relationship between gender, work and organization in professional occupations can be shown to vary according to different work environments and national contexts. The career patterns of women in chartered accountancy and law in Britain and France are explored in different types of organization in order to determine whether the societal structuring of these occupations is gendered and whether women fare better in small professional practices …
Social Perspectives on Brexit, Covid‐19 and European (Dis)Integration
The on-going trade negotiations between the UK and the EU, in combination with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, created a perfect storm for Europe in 2020. For observers of the social scene, 2020 was a year when the debates, controversies, dilemmas and compromises that had characterized the European project during the previous seven decades moved centre-stage. Latent dissension in the social arena during the Brexit negotiations and COVID-19 p…
Methodological pluralism in international comparative research
This article explores the costs and benefits of combining and integrating different research methods both within and across paradigms in international comparative research. It reviews the reasons for the supposed incompatibility between different epistemologies and associated methodologies. Drawing on examples from international projects, it examines the various ways in which methodological pluralism can be exploited to extend the scope of compar…
Central and East European States Respond to Socio-Demographic Challenges
The political and economic upheavals of the 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe were reflected in socio-demographic changes that presented major challenges for governments. Birth rates fell steeply and social divisions intensified, while population ageing was held in check by low life expectancy. Social protection systems underwent radical reform, as attempts were made to meet criteria for EU membership. This paper examines how socio-demographic …
The Gender of Paid and Unpaid Work Time: A European Problem
European Union legislation reflects the consensus reached by the governments of member states. Yet laws have to be implemented in widely differing national contexts and may not therefore achieve the same objectives or have the same effects. Proposals for regulating working conditions, promoting equality of opportunity and reconciling paid and unpaid work are often driven by the need to avoid competitive disadvantage, with little regard for their …
La fécondité en France et au Royaume-Uni: Les Effets Possibles De La Politique Familiale
Hantrais (Linda). - La fécondité en France et au Royaume-Uni : les effets possibles de la politique familiale La France et le Royaume-Uni sont deux pays parmi les plus féconds d'Europe, malgré des divergences en matière de nuptialité, de divortialité, de cohabitation ainsi que d'activité féminine. Cette ressemblance en matière de fécondité doit être rapprochée de la politique sociale et surtout des modalités de l'intervention étatique dans la vie…
Social dimensions of evidence-based policy in a digital society
A plethora of evidence demonstrates the effects of the digitisation of society on everyday life. Developments in web science (the world wide web), online technologies (internet of things, social media, e-governance), artificial intelligence and robotics present major challenges for contemporary societies. These technological advances create risks (loss of autonomy, cybercrime, online abuse, threats to children’s safety and national security) and …
Evidence-based policy: Exploring international and interdisciplinary insights
The relationship between international evidence, politics and policy is never straightforward. Politicians sometimes cite comparative findings from social science evidence collected and analysed by international organisations to support policy proposals without sufficient understanding of contextual factors. The media may exploit data from such studies to highlight national policy successes and failures. Academic literature on evidence-based poli…
Combining methods: A key to understanding complexity in European societies
Large-scale European research programmes have provided an impetus for social science researchers to co-operate more closely not only across national and cultural boundaries but also across disciplines and research paradigms. Attempts to make sense of diversity have led to a blurring of the traditional methodological divide between quantitative and qualitative paradigms, opening up new perspectives and creating opportunities for synergy and comple…
Cross-National Research
(1999). Cross-National Research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 91-92
French social policy in the European context
L'enjeu familial à travers les aménagements temporels et les adaptations culturelles
Leisure Policy in France and the Reduction of Social Inequalities
In contemporary French society, despite extensive government intervention over the past half centuv, differential access to free time and to leisure facilities, together with differences in attitudes towards participation in cultural activities, remain good indicators of the social inequalities associated with gender, age, educational training, socio‐occupational status and regional origins. Thejndings from recent government‐sponsored national su…
Predictability in Georges Brassens' Vocabulary
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Contemporary French Society
Leisure and the family in contemporary France
The family-leisure relationship is now well established as a subject of sociological interest in Great Britain and the United States. In France there has been little empirical research into the reciprocal influence of leisure and the family, but secondary sources provide both a coherent picture of this complex relationship and a basis for comparisons. Several important interlocking themes are discussed: the relationship between leisure and family…
Time—Space dimensions of work, family and leisure in France and Great Britain
This review compares leisure in Great Britain and France by setting it in the context of the time-space dimensions of the family and work. Many previous reviews have claimed that all capitalist societies are characterized by the domination of work time over family and leisure time, with important repercussions on the spatial organization of non-work life. Increasingly, in recent years, it has been argued that leisure has become a central life int…
Leisure policy in France
In this paper it is argued that, as in other areas of social policy, the State plays an ambivalent role in making provision for leisure. It is suggested that in France more coherent and more ideologically motivated leisure policies have been formulated than in Great Britain over the past half century, and the different phases of French leisure policy are reviewed. The paper shows how, basing its strategies on recommendations from the research it …
L'Évolution Des Pratiques De Loisir Et Le Changement Social
L'objectif de cet article est d'esquisser les principaux changements sociaux qui sont intervenus depuis les années quarante dans les pays de l'Europe du Nord et de montrer comment ils influent sur l'évolution des aspirations, des systèmes de valeurs et des pratiques de loisir. L'auteure privilégie l'analyse, premièrement, des changements dans le monde du travail, surtout en ce qui concerne la nature de l'activité rémunérée et les aménagements des…
The relationship between work time and free time and the meaning of retirement
Leisure Policy in France and the Reduction of Social Inequalities
In contemporary French society, despite extensive government intervention over the past half centuv, differential access to free time and to leisure facilities, together with differences in attitudes towards participation in cultural activities, remain good indicators of the social inequalities associated with gender, age, educational training, socio‐occupational status and regional origins. Thejndings from recent government‐sponsored national su…
The Implications of Comparative Research Into Leisure for Social Policy: A Franco-British Example
Studies of the leisure policies drafted and enacted in different countries may be expected to reveal new approaches to policy-making or, at least, to bring awareness and understanding of some of the causal factors involved, the range of possible solutions and the ways in which leisure policies are conceived and implemented by governments. Analysis of various aspects of leisure policy in Britain and France provides an interesting example of the wa…
Higher education in Britain and France: The relevance of comparisons for an understanding of European integration
Gender Relations and Employment
The State of the Art in Comparative Studies of Leisure
The development of the sociology of leisure has been well documented and is becoming more widely accepted as an academic discipline in a number of countries. Many attempts have been made to carry out comparisons of macro-social data on leisure collected in national surveys, and smaller scale studies have been conducted either in parallel or by single researchers or research teams seeking to replicate their experimental method in more than one nat…
La fécondité en France et au Royaume-Uni: Les Effets Possibles De La Politique Familiale
Hantrais (Linda). - La fécondité en France et au Royaume-Uni : les effets possibles de la politique familiale La France et le Royaume-Uni sont deux pays parmi les plus féconds d'Europe, malgré des divergences en matière de nuptialité, de divortialité, de cohabitation ainsi que d'activité féminine. Cette ressemblance en matière de fécondité doit être rapprochée de la politique sociale et surtout des modalités de l'intervention étatique dans la vie…
Managing Professional and Family Life: A Comparative Study of British and French Women
The Gender of Time in Professional Occupations
Sociological theory has not adequately represented the complexities of women's temporality. Men and women are, however, known to engage in economic activity on different temporal terms, and the gendering of time is a factor which can be shown to contribute to labour market segmentation. An examination of the problems experienced by well-qualified women in professional occupations shows how the process of segregation operates. Although women in th…
Making It In and Making Out: Women in Professional Occupations in Britain and France
The relationship between gender, work and organization in professional occupations can be shown to vary according to different work environments and national contexts. The career patterns of women in chartered accountancy and law in Britain and France are explored in different types of organization in order to determine whether the societal structuring of these occupations is gendered and whether women fare better in small professional practices …
L'enjeu familial à travers les aménagements temporels et les adaptations culturelles
Comparing Family Policy in Britain, France and Germany
In a context where the employment model of welfare is dominant, family policy has remained an area of limited and indirect competence for the European Community. Comparative analysis of Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany as examples of EC member states with different socio-cultural traditions and policy styles shows the limitations of theories about universalism, convergence and harmonisation of family structures and policies. Co…
Social Policy in the European Union
This book examines the development of the social dimension of the European Union and the interconnections between EU and national social policies. The approach is thematic and comparative, covering ce
French social policy in the European context
La relation famille-emploi. Une comparaison des modes d'ajustement en Europe
Familles et politiques familiales en Europe: Les enjeux temporels
La rencontre des exigences temporelles de la famille et des contraintes liees au temps de l'activite professionnelle de ses membres necessite des ajustements individuels et collectifs. Les politiques jouent un role important dans la synchronisation de ces differentes temporalites. L'objet de cet article est d'observer comment dans les divers pays de l'Union europeenne, s'ajustent la vie familiale et la vie professionnelle des hommes et des femmes…
Exploring Relationships between Social Policy and Changing Family Forms within the European Union
The Gender of Paid and Unpaid Work Time: A European Problem
European Union legislation reflects the consensus reached by the governments of member states. Yet laws have to be implemented in widely differing national contexts and may not therefore achieve the same objectives or have the same effects. Proposals for regulating working conditions, promoting equality of opportunity and reconciling paid and unpaid work are often driven by the need to avoid competitive disadvantage, with little regard for their …
Cross-National Research
(1999). Cross-National Research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 91-92
Political science (43 works) · Sociology (34 works) · Economics (24 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (19 works) · Law (18 works) · European union (16 works) · Social science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Economic policy (10 works) · Geography (10 works)