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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Single motherhood and poverty; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Single motherhood and poverty in a theoretical perspective; 3 Making ends meet: constructing daily life; 4 Fathers, boyfriends and ex-husbands; 5 Motherhood, neatness and poverty; 6 Being on benefits and dependent on the state; 7 Networks that support and stigmatize; 8 Migrant women and the state; 9 Discussion and conclusions; Bibliography.


