Diminished rights : : Danish lone mother families in international context /

Diminished rights : : Danish lone mother families in international context / / Valerie Polakow, Therese Halskov, Per Schultz Jørgensen.

Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark, what is the situation in other countries, inclu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Polakow, Valerie,
Halskov, Therese,
Jørgensen, Per Schultz,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (204 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Lone motherhood in international context
  • Whither equality? The worlds of Danish lone mothers
  • Critical obstacles confronting lone mothers
  • Struggling against the odds
  • Fighting for an education
  • The outsiders – the worlds of ethnic minority lone mothers
  • Life on the margins
  • Violence and the culture of silence
  • Life under siege
  • Conclusion: Policy and practice recommendations
  • References
  • Lone mother research profile
  • Lone mother life obstacles
  • Child profile
  • Overview of the income levels of various public sources of support for single mothers with one child
  • Index

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