Introduction: Diversifying the Model, Demystifying the Approach: The Work-Family Debate Reopened / Catherine Krull and Justyna SempruchPart 1: Transcending the Prevailing Myths1 Destabilizing the Nuclear Family Ideal: Thinking Beyond Essentialisms, Universalism, and Binaries / Catherine Krull2 Intergenerational Care Work: Mothering, Grandmothering, and Eldercare / Nancy Mandell and Sue Wilson3 Maternal Employment, Childcare, and Public Policy / Maureen BakerPart 2: Integrating Family and Work4 Work, Care, Resistance, and Mothering: An Indigenous Perspective / Donna Baines and Bonnie Freeman5 “I Am the Patient and Compassionate Cashier”: Learning through Unpaid Household Work for Paid Work / Margrit Eichler6 Employment in the New Economy and the Impact on Canadian Families / Ann Duffy and Norene Pupo7 What Impedes Fathers’ Participation in Care Work? Theorizing the Community as an Institutional Arena / Andrea Doucet8 Addressing the Interlocking Complexity of Paid Work and Care: Lessons from Changing Family Policy in Quebec / Patrizia AlbanesePart 3: Feminist-Informed Family Initiatives and Family Visions9 Beyond the “Cultural” Landscape of Care: Queering Childcare, Caregiver, and Work / Justyna Sempruch10 Working-Time Regimes, Flexibility, and Work-Life Balance: Gender Equality and Families / Judy Fudge11 The Increasing Invisibility of Mothering / Margaret Hillyard LittleEpilogue: A Feminist Vision for Caring-Employment Integration in Canada / Susan A. McDanielReferences; List of Contributors; Index

This book is directed to anyone interested in policies that affect women – policy analysts working for government, those connected to research institutes, sociologists interested in the development of theory in this area, and advanced undergraduate students in sociology of the family.