Lone parents, employment and social policy : : Cross-national comparisons /

Lone parents, employment and social policy : : Cross-national comparisons / / ed. by Jane Millar, Karen Rowlingson.

Policy makers across the world are confronting issues relating to lone parents and employment, with many governments seeking to increase the participation of lone parents in the labour market. This book is based on an up-to-date analysis of provisions within particular countries, examining whether a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
MitwirkendeR:
Bradshaw, Jonathan,
Chambaz, Christine,
Danziger, Sandra K.,
Danziger, Sheldon,
Kilkey, Majella,
Knijn, Trudie,
Land, Hilary,
Lewis, Jane,
Lister, Ruth,
Marsh, Alan,
Martin, Claude,
Millar, Jane,
Rowlingson, Karen,
Seefeldt, Kristin S.,
Skevik, Anne,
Waldfogel, Jane,
Whiteford, Peter,
van Wel, Frits,
HerausgeberIn:
Millar, Jane,
Rowlingson, Karen,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword: Lone parents: the UK policy context
  • Comparing employment policies for lone parents cross-nationally: an introduction
  • Policies within specific countries
  • Helping British lone parents get and keep paid work
  • Welfare reform and lone mothers’ employment in the US
  • Lone parents and employment in Australia
  • Lone parents and employment in Norway
  • Does it work? Employment policies for lone parents in the Netherlands
  • Lone parents, employment and social policy in France: lessons from a family-friendly policy
  • Cross-cutting approaches
  • Orientations to work and the issue of care
  • The social, economic and demographic profile of lone parents
  • Work-related activity requirements and labour market programmes for lone parents
  • Making work pay policies for lone parents
  • Lone mothers, employment and childcare
  • Conclusion
  • Supporting employment: emerging policy and practice
  • References
  • Index

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