ISBN:
9780203434284
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (250 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
DDC:
306.8743
Keywords:
Alleinerziehende Mutter
;
Soziale Situation
;
Sozialpolitik
;
USA
;
Großbritannien
Abstract:
Currently, lone mothers and their children make up almost 20 per cent of families with dependent children in the UK, a threefold increase since 1970. Yet, while they are often cited by politicians as both a symptom and cause of social breakdown, relatively little is known of the causes, consequences and conditions of lone motherhood in Britain and throughout Europe. Good Enough Mothering? provides accounts of historical patterns of mothering and ideologies of the family with cross-national comparisons of policies and experience of lone motherhood in developed and developing countries. Countries include: Britain, US, Norway, South Africa, Kenya, Thailand, India, Brazil and the Caribbean. This engaging edited collection will appeal to students of social policy, women's studies and social work.
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