Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain

ISBN-13: 9780198290698 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 346 str.

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Opis

During the 1990s lone mothers reached the top of the political agenda, viewed as both a drain on public expenditure and a moral threat. What has been missing from the debate is an understanding of how we have got to where we are.

Recenzje

a fascinating and meticulous text ... This is a superb piece of work ... The three authors, all distinguished researchers in the sociology of the family and family policy, have used their combined expertise to produce a book which is likely to be a classic ... This book should be required reading for all social workers in training, for their educators and their practice managers and, dare I say it, for the politicians, social commentators and media persons who pronounce with such certainty on the fecklessness of women without men when, in reality, their characterstics as a social group are as varied as the circumstances in which they live.