Good enough mothering? : feminist perspectives on lone motherhood /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1996. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120077 |
| Summary: | Currently, lone mothers and their children make up almost 20 per cent of families with dependent children in the UK, a threefold increase since 1970. Yet, while they are often cited by politicians as both a symptom and cause of social breakdown, relatively little is known of the causes, consequences and conditions of lone motherhood in Britain and throughout Europe.<br> Good Enough Mothering? provides accounts of historical patterns of mothering and ideologies of the family with cross-national comparisons of policies and experience of lone motherhood in developed and developing countries. Countries include: Britain, US, Norway, South Africa, Kenya, Thailand, India, Brazil and the Caribbean. This engaging edited collection will appeal to students of social policy, women's studies and social work. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203289145 9780203289143 0203434285 9780203434284 0203742524 9780203742525 1280319127 9781280319129 9780415128896 0415128897 0415128900 9780415128902 9786610319121 661031912X |