Lone mothers, paid work and gendered moral rationalities /
Why are British lone mothers less likely to be in paid work than in most other western countries? And is 'welfare to work' the right sort of policy response? This book sets out to answer questions like these through in-depth analysis of how lone mothers negotiate the relationship between m...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
1999
New York : 1999 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Explaining the 'Problem' of Lone Motherhood: an Introduction 1
- 2 Understanding Lone Motherhood: Competing Discourses and Positions 23
- 3 Lone Mothers in Neighbourhoods: Material Contexts and Social Capital 65
- 4 Lone Mothers and Gendered Moral Rationalities: Orientations to Paid Work 108
- 5 Lone Mothers and Paid Work: Human Capital or Gendered Moral Rationalities? 144
- 6 Lone Mothers in Labour Markets: Employment Availability and Geography 178
- 7 Lone Mothers and Genderfare: Positioning Lone Mothers in Welfare States 211
- 8 Economic Decision-making and Moral Rationalities 253
- 9 From National 'Welfare to Work' to Local 'Welfare and Work' 281