Single motherhood and poverty : the case of the Netherlands /

In the Netherlands, single mothers run a high risk of becoming poor, even though this country has a well-developed welfare system. This study brings together many partial life histories of single mothers of different cultural backgrounds and origins and shows that poverty is not solely material depr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ypeij, Johanna Louisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Aksant, 2009.
Temas:
Single mothers > Netherlands > Economic conditions.
Single mothers > Netherlands > Social conditions.
Poor women > Netherlands.
Poverty > Netherlands.
Mères de famille monoparentale > Pays-Bas > Conditions économiques.
Mères de famille monoparentale > Pays-Bas > Conditions sociales.
Femmes pauvres > Pays-Bas.
Pauvreté > Pays-Bas.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Poor women
Poverty
Single mothers > Economic conditions
Single mothers > Social conditions
Alleinerziehende Mutter
Armut
Netherlands
Niederlande
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Single motherhood and poverty in a theoretical perspective
  • Making ends meet: constructing daily life
  • Fathers, boyfriends and ex-husbands
  • Motherhood, neatness and poverty
  • Being on benefits and dependent on the state
  • Networks that support and stigmatize
  • Migrant women and the state
  • Discussion and conclusions.

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