Introduction: Diversifying the Model, Demystifying the Approach: The Work-Family Debate Reopened / Catherine Krull and Justyna Sempruch

Part 1: Transcending the Prevailing Myths

1 Destabilizing the Nuclear Family Ideal: Thinking Beyond Essentialisms, Universalism, and Binaries / Catherine Krull

2 Intergenerational Care Work: Mothering, Grandmothering, and Eldercare / Nancy Mandell and Sue Wilson

3 Maternal Employment, Childcare, and Public Policy / Maureen Baker

Part 2: Integrating Family and Work

4 Work, Care, Resistance, and Mothering: An Indigenous Perspective / Donna Baines and Bonnie Freeman

5 “I Am the Patient and Compassionate Cashier”: Learning through Unpaid Household Work for Paid Work / MargritEichler

6 Employment in the New Economy and the Impact on Canadian Families / Ann Duffy and Norene Pupo

7 What Impedes Fathers’ Participation in Care Work? Theorizing the Community as an Institutional Arena / AndreaDoucet

8 Addressing the Interlocking Complexity of Paid Work and Care: Lessons from Changing Family Policy in Quebec / Patrizia Albanese

Part 3: Feminist-Informed Family Initiatives and Family Visions

9 Beyond the “Cultural” Landscape of Care: Queering Childcare, Caregiver, and Work / Justyna Sempruch

10 Working-Time Regimes, Flexibility, and Work-Life Balance: Gender Equality and Families / Judy Fudge

11 The Increasing Invisibility of Mothering / Margaret Hillyard Little

Epilogue: A Feminist Vision for Caring-Employment Integration in Canada / Susan A. McDaniel

References; List of Contributors; Index