ISBN:
9781000875447
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301.42
Keywords:
Single-parent families
;
Father and child
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1: The Study of Motherlessness -- The Changing Context of Motherlessness -- The Size of the Problem -- The Meaning of Motherlessness -- Problems of Method and Interpretation -- 2: General Characteristics of Motherless FamIlies -- Marital History -- Children -- Class and Mobility -- Housing -- 3: The Children -- Society and Work -- Family Diet -- The Loss of the Mother -- Contact with the Mother -- Children's Reaction to Motherlessness -- Effects of Motherlessness on the Children -- Effects on the Family -- 4: Occupation and Income -- Fathers on Supplementary Benefit -- Job Changing -- Hours of Work -- Attitudes to Work -- Impact on Income -- Impact on Wages -- Impact on Expenditure -- The Overall Financial Picture -- 5: The Father's Emotional and Social Adjustment -- The Father's Initial Feelings -- The Father's Subsequent Feelings -- Social Life and Community Attitudes -- Changes in the Father's Habits and Attitudes -- 6: The Father, the Family and the Social Services -- The Family -- Personal Social Services -- Care of Children During Critical Periods -- The Father -- 7: Social Policy and Social Problems -- The Definition of a Social Problem -- Is Motherlessness a Social Problem? -- Social Action and Social Problems -- Social Values, Social Class and Social Policy -- Planning and Social Policy -- Social Policy and Motherlessness -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
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