In defense of single-parent families /

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Nancy Dowd details the primal justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an impressive array of resources about single parents that portrays a very different picture of these families. She describes them in all their forms, with particular attention to the differential treat...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Dowd, Nancy E., 1949- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, ©1997.
Sujets:
Single-parent families > United States.
Single mothers > United States.
Single fathers > United States.
Single parents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Familles monoparentales > États-Unis.
Mères de famille monoparentale > États-Unis.
Pères de famille monoparentale > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Single Parent.
Single fathers
Single mothers
Single-parent families
Single parents > Legal status, laws, etc.
Ensamstående föräldrar > juridik och lagstiftning > Förenta staterna.
Ensamstående föräldrar > Förenta staterna.
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The stories of stigma : what we say about single-parent families
  • The realities : what we know about single-parent families. The poverty justification. The developmental justification. The morality justification. Implicit justifications : race and gender stories
  • Divorced single parents. The context of work and family. Family law. Employment law. Welfare. Conclusion : law, stigma, equality, and choice
  • Nonmarital single-parent families. The context : nonmarital single parents. Nonmarital families and the law.

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