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How Involved Are Involved Fathers in Hungary? Exploring Caring Masculinities in a Post-Socialist Context

Takács, Judit (2020) How Involved Are Involved Fathers in Hungary? Exploring Caring Masculinities in a Post-Socialist Context. FAMILIES, RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIETIES, 9 (3). pp. 487-502. ISSN 2046-7435 (print); 2046-7443 (online)

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Abstract

This study examines what can enable or constrain Hungarian fathers to be actively involved in care through analysing interviews by applying Hanlon’s approach to caring masculinities as valued identities for men and Dermott’s concept of intimate fathering. The empirical base of this qualitative study – the first of its kind in Hungary – is a collection of 55 semi-structured in-depth interviews. Several interrelated factors were shown as potentially enabling or constraining men’s active engagement in their paternal role, including work- and work–life balance-related factors, practical cost-benefit calculations, quality of life concerns, childhood socialisation patterns and attitudes towards the gendered parenting models of one’s own parents.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman / család, házasság, nőpolitika
Depositing User: Dr J Takacs
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2019 10:22
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2022 07:10
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/101794

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