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Single Mothers In International Context: Mothers Or Workers?

by Simon Duncan

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Single motherhood across policy and work

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Single motherhood across policy and work

Edited by Simon Duncan, this collection compares how industrialized countries frame single mothers’ responsibilities and opportunities. Its central question—whether they are treated primarily as mothers, workers, or both—opens onto differences in paid employment and the conditions shaping family life. The chapters examine how public ideas about single motherhood interact with state policy, national and local labour markets, and the resources or barriers found in neighbourhoods. Together, these subjects place individual work patterns within their wider social and institutional contexts.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in comparative family policy and single-parent households.
  • Students or researchers examining gender, employment, and welfare policy across countries.
  • Readers seeking an edited collection on the social conditions affecting single mothers.

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Single motherhood and paid workState policy and family lifeLabour marketsNeighbourhood support and constraints

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Book overview

Single mothers caring for dependent children are an important and increasing population in industrialized countries. In some, single mothers are seen primarily as mothers and few have paid work; in others, they are regarded as workers and most have paid work; and sometimes they are seen as an uneasy combination of the two with varying proportions taking up paid work.; This edited collection explores these variations, focusing on the interaction between dominant discourses around single motherhood, state policies towards single mothers, the structure of the labour market at national and local levels, and neighbourhood supports and constraints.
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