The global politics of motherhood and fatherhood

Abstract

The global politics of motherhood and fatherhood due to the fact that throughout the twentieth century there was an important economic, social and cultural shifts that defined the changes of institutions, models and practices of fatherhood in contemporary society. Transformation in the sphere of marriage, types of the family affects both the sphere of marital/partner and international relations, and the sphere of relationships of mothers, fathers and children. In particular, fatherhood becomes a rationally planned, reflective, separate from marriage, poses the problem of biological and social fatherhood unity. Motherhood as a special sphere of activities and relationships related to the care and custody of children is included in the broader contexts of family, fatherhood, childhood and gender inequalities, it is a component of social, cultural and demographic processes.