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Single parenthood in the life course : Family Dynamics and Inequality in the Welfare State / by Hannah Zagel

1st ed. 2023.

Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden [2023.] ; Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer [2023.], 2023

1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 106 p. 13 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Englisch

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978-3-658-40081-1

978-3-658-40080-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-3-658-40082-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-3-658-40081-1

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bicssc: JHBK ; bisacsh: SOC026010

LOC-SH: Sociology. ; Social groups. ; Social structure. ; Equality. ; Family policy. ; Welfare state. ; Social policy.

Living conditions of single parents -- Definitions -- Macrostructural conditions -- Timing of single parenthood and family policy -- Single parenthood and social integration -- Discussion.

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This book analyses theoretically and empirically why some single mothers are less disadvantaged than others. It argues that single parenthood is associated with different risks, depending on the stage in the life course at which it is experienced and on the institutional protection provided at the respective stage of the life course. The content Living conditions of single parents.- Definitions.- Macrostructural conditions.- Timing of single parenthood and family policy.- Single parenthood and social integration.- Discussion The target groups Family sociologists, social policy scholars The author Dr. Hannah Zagel is Head of the research group “Varieties of Reproduction Regimes” at the WZB Berlin Social Science zagel. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.