The Nordic Model of Father Quotas in Leave Policies

A Case of Policy Transfer

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ID12425907
AuthorsJana Windwehr (0000-0002-4419-7947, Institute of Political Science, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, corresponding author), Ann‐zofie Duvander (0000-0001-5241-4588, Stockholm University), Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University), Anne Lise Ellingsæter (0000-0003-0458-5731, University of Oslo), Guðný Björk Eydal (0000-0001-8938-7384, University of Iceland), Živa Humer (0000-0002-3134-037X, The Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Hideki Nakazato (Konan University)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue1
Pages190-214
Publication date2020-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxaa041
OpenAlexW3126251345
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited27

This contribution asks whether the most recent innovation of Nordic family policies, the so-called father quota, has been an object of policy learning in countries that followed the Nordic example of leave policies earlier, such as Germany, Slovenia, and Japan. Our case studies show that analyses of policy learning, especially in the social field, need to take into account the specific contexts and actor constellations in “export” and “import” countries. Rather than representing a blueprint, the Nordic father quotas have served as an inspiration within messy and fragmented processes of policy learning leading to hybrid arrangements in import countries

Blueprint · Economics · Market economy · Policy learning · Policy transfer · Political science · Social learning · Social policy · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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