Mütter im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kind und Beruf. Der Weg vom Ernährer- zum Zweiverdienermodell im Spiegel familienpolitischer und geschlechterkultureller Entwicklungen in Deutschland, Dänemark und den Niederlanden.: Mothers in conflict between job and child. The pathway from the male breadwinner model to the dual earner model reflected in developments in family policy and gender culture in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Recent decades experienced a steady increase in employment of women who had previously lived from her husband’s income and, in return, had cared for children and household. Therefore we observe a cross-national trend that makes the “male breadwinner model” disappear and leads to the establishment of a family model with two employed parents. This development, however, did not take place at the same time and in a similar way in all countries. In this article these crosscountry differences are examined by employing Birgit Pfau-Effinger’s concept of “gender arrangements” as a theoretical basis. Ac... Mehr ...